Neptis exaleuca
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| taxon = Neptis exaleuca
| authority = Karsch, 1894[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 exaleuca f. integra Eltringham, 1922
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Neptis exaleuca is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda and Tanzania.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_limenitidini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini]
Description
Discal spots of the forewing and discal band of the hindwing white; Wings above dark brown, beneath glossy bronze-brown; fringes with white spots on the folds. Expanse 52 mm. Cameroons and CongoAurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.{{PD-notice}}
Subspecies
- Neptis exaleuca exaleuca (Cameroon to western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Neptis exaleuca suffusa Rothschild, 1918 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
References
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Category:Butterflies described in 1894
Category:Butterflies of Africa
Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch
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