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Neptis strigata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Neptis

Neptis strigata

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Neptis strigata, the strigate sailer, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of dense forests.

The larvae feed on Clerodendrum capitatum.

Subspecies

  • Neptis strigata strigata (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Neptis strigata kakamega Collins & Larsen, 1996 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, Uganda, Rwanda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

    • References

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