Neptis quintilla
| Neptis quintilla | |
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| Neptis quintilla figure 10 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. quintilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Neptis quintilla Mabille, 1890[1] | |
Neptis quintilla, the Angled Petty Sailer, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of open areas in wet forests with a canopy cover.
The larvae feed on Acacia species.
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- ↑ Neptis, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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