Neptis morosa

Neptis morosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species: N. morosa
Binomial name
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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