Trisha Shetty (Editor)

Neptis nicobule

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Neptis

Neptis nicobule

People also search for
  
Neptis paula, Neptis metanira

Neptis nicobule, the scarce clubbed sailer, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele and Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of wet forests.

The larvae feed on Cnestis ferruginea, Tetrapleura and Swartzia species.

References

Neptis nicobule Wikipedia