Neptis metella

Neptis metella
Neptis metella figure 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. metella
Binomial name
Neptis metella (Doubleday, 1848)[1]
Synonyms
Limenitis metella Doubleday, 1848 Neptis gratilla Mabille, 1880 Neptis metella ab. brunni Schultze, 1916 Neptis metella f. vinalli Eltringham, 1929

Neptis metella, the Yellow-base Sailer, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, from Nigeria to the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Uganda, Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Acalypha neptunica pubescens.

Subspecies

• Neptis metella metella (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria to Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, southern Sudan, north-western Tanzania)
• Neptis metella flavimacula Jackson, 1951 (Uganda: east to the western slopes of Mount Elgon, western Kenya)

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