Neptis mixophyes

Neptis mixophyes
Neptis mixophyes figure 8 male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species: N. mixophyes
Binomial name
Neptis mixophyes
Holland, 1892[1]
Synonyms
  • Neptis nicodice Grünberg, 1910

Neptis mixophyes, Holland’s Clubbed Sailer, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in eastern Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

The larvae feed on Dalhousiea africana and Petersianthus species.

References

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