Biology:Neptis strigata

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Neptis strigata
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Figure 3 male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. strigata
Binomial name
Neptis strigata
Aurivillius, 1894[1]
Synonyms
  • Neptis biafra var. strigata Aurivillius, 1894

Neptis strigata, the strigate sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

The larvae feed on Clerodendrum capitatum.

Subspecies

  • Neptis strigata strigata (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Neptis strigata kakamega Collins & Larsen, 1996 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, Uganda, Rwanda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6995564 entry