Neptis morosa
| Neptis morosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. morosa |
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| Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955[1] | |
Neptis morosa, the Savanna Sailer, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Burundi, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of moist areas and forest margins.
Adult males imbibe dew from the stems of tall grasses.
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- ↑ Neptis, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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