Neptis quintilla

Neptis quintilla
Neptis quintilla figure 10
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species: N. quintilla
Binomial name
Neptis quintilla
Mabille, 1890[1]

Neptis quintilla, the Angled Petty Sailer, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of open areas in wet forests with a canopy cover.

The larvae feed on Acacia species.

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