Biology:Neptis quintilla
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Neptis quintilla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Neptis |
Species: | N. quintilla
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Binomial name | |
Neptis quintilla Mabille, 1890[1]
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Neptis quintilla, the angled petty sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of open areas in wet forests with a canopy cover.
The larvae feed on Acacia species.
References
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- ↑ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
Wikidata ☰ Q6995530 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptis quintilla.
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