Neptis penningtoni

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Neptis penningtoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species: N. penningtoni
Binomial name
Neptis penningtoni
van Son, 1977[1]

Neptis penningtoni, Pennington’s Sailer, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in south-eastern Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Limpopo Province).[2] The habitat consists of Brachstegia woodland, especially on wooded hills.

Adults are on wing in April and from July to December.

The larvae feed on Julbernardia globiflora. They prefer freshly emerged shoots of their host plant

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