Neptis metella
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. metella |
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| Neptis metella (Doubleday, 1848)[1] | |
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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)
References
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- ↑ Neptis, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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