Neptis carcassoni

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| image =

| image2 =

| taxon = Neptis carcassoni

| authority = van Son, 1959 van Son, 1959

A new subspecies of Neptis melicerta Drury from Southern Africa Novos Taxa ent. 15 : 1-8[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/neptis/ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

| synonyms = *Neptis melicerta carcassoni van Son, 1959

}}

Neptis carcassoni, or Carcasson's sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_limenitidini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini] The habitat consists of lowland forests.

Adults are on wing nearly year round.

The larvae feed on Dalbergia lactea.

• [https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=765973 Images BOLD]

It was first described as a subspecies of Neptis melicerta.

and It is a member of the melicerta Species group

The members of the melicerta group are

• Neptis melicerta
• Neptis agouale
• Neptis carcassoni
• Neptis goochii
• Neptis nicomedes
• Neptis quintilla
• Neptis nicobule
• Neptis nina

Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221