Neptis nysiades

Neptis nysiades
Neptis nysiades figures 4 (male), 5 (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species: N. nysiades
Binomial name
Neptis nysiades
Hewitson, 1868[1]

Neptis nysiades, the Variable Sailer, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests, including riparian forests.

The larvae feed on Paullinia pinnata.

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