Biology:Neptis nebrodes

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Neptis nebrodes
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. nebrodes
Binomial name
Neptis nebrodes
Hewitson, 1874[1]

Neptis nebrodes, the broken-club sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayumbe) and possibly Guinea.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males mud-puddle.

References

  1. Neptis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini

Wikidata ☰ Q13574386 entry