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Neita orbipalus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Neita

Neita orbipalus is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Tanzania.

The upperside of the wings is brown to sooty-brown. In both fore- and hindwings there is a dark-brown marginal line, a brown submarginal line and a dark-brown thicker line inside this. Female are a little larger and paler than males.

Subspecies

  • Neita orbipalus orbipalus (Tanzania: north to the Arusha plain)
  • Neita orbipalus congdoni Kielland, 1990 (Tanzania: southern highlands)
  • References

    Neita orbipalus Wikipedia