Neptis ochracea

Neptis ochracea
Neptis ochracea figure 11
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. ochracea
Binomial name
Neptis ochracea Neave, 1904[1]
Synonyms
Neptis mildbraedi Gaede, 1915 Neptis ochreata Gaede, 1915 Neptis ochracea parvimacula Rothschild, 1918 Neptis ochracea reducta Kielland, 1978 Neptis ochracea usungwa Kielland, 1985

Neptis ochracea, the Yellow Mountain Sailer, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

The larvae feed on Rubus species.

Subspecies

• Neptis ochracea ochracea (Democratic Republic of Congo: Ituri, western and central Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
• Neptis ochracea lualabae Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Lualaba)
• Neptis ochracea mildbraedi Gaede, 1915 (Nigeria, Cameroon)
• Neptis ochracea ochreata Gaede, 1915 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu, western Uganda)
• Neptis ochracea reductata Larsen, 1995 (western Tanzania)
• Neptis ochracea uluguru Kielland, 1985 (eastern Tanzania)

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