Biology:Neptis puella

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Neptis puella
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Female, figure 12
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. puella
Binomial name
Neptis puella
Aurivillius, 1894[1]
Synonyms
  • Neptis lucayensis Schultze, 1916

Neptis puella, the little sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of Cryptosepalum woodland.

References

  1. "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini

Wikidata ☰ Q6995528 entry