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Neptis occidentalis

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Species of butterfly

Neptis occidentalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species: N. occidentalis
Binomial name
Neptis occidentalis
Rothschild, 1918
Synonyms
  • Neptis incongrus occidentalis Rothschild, 1918
  • Neptis incongrus batesii Hall, 1930

Neptis occidentalis, the mountain sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of montane and riparian forests.

Subspecies

  • Neptis occidentalis occidentalis (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri and Kivu, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, western Tanzania)
  • Neptis occidentalis batesii Hall, 1930 (Nigeria, Cameroon)

References

  1. "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
Taxon identifiers
Neptis occidentalis


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