Neptis melicerta

Neptis melicerta
Neptis melicerta figure 1 male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species: N. melicerta
Binomial name
Neptis melicerta
(Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio melicerta Drury, 1773
  • Papilio blandina Stoll, 1780
  • Nymphalis melinoe Godart, 1824

Neptis melicerta, the Original Club-dot Sailer, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and western Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Acacia ataxacantha, Dalbergia hostilis, Abrus canescens, Abrus pulabellus and Allophylus species

References

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