Pseudoneptis

Pseudoneptis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Rhopalocera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Limenitidinae
Genus: Pseudoneptis
Snellen, 1882
Species: P. bugandensis
Binomial name
Pseudoneptis bugandensis
Stoneham, 1935[1]
Synonyms
  • Pseudoneptis coenobita bugandensis Stoneham, 1935
  • Papilio coenobita Fabricius, 1793

Pseudoneptis is a genus of brush-footed butterflies. It contains only one species Pseudoneptis bugandensis, the Blue Sailer or Blue Sergeant. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forest with a canopy, including dry and disturbed forests.

The larvae possibly feed on Antiaris toxicaria, Ritchiea capparioides, Antiaris africana and Ficus species (including Ficus asperifolia).

Subspecies

References

  1. Pseudoneptis, funet.fi
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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