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Neptis ochracea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Neptis

Neptis ochracea

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Neptis ochracea, the yellow mountain sailer, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. The habitat consists of montane forests.

The larvae feed on Rubus species.

Subspecies

  • Neptis ochracea ochracea (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri, western and central Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • Neptis ochracea lualabae Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)
  • Neptis ochracea mildbraedi Gaede, 1915 (Nigeria, Cameroon)
  • Neptis ochracea ochreata Gaede, 1915 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, western Uganda)
  • Neptis ochracea reductata Larsen, 1995 (western Tanzania)
  • Neptis ochracea uluguru Kielland, 1985 (eastern Tanzania)

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