Biology:Neptis nicoteles
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Neptis nicoteles | |
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| Both in Kakamega Forest, Kenya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. nicoteles
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| Binomial name | |
| Neptis nicoteles Hewitson, 1874[1]
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Neptis nicoteles, the clubbed 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, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of various types of forests, including secondary habitats.
The larvae feed on Millettia species.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neptis nicoteles. |
- ↑ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
Wikidata ☰ Q13574381 entry
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