Neptis goochii

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| name = Small streaked sailer

| image = TransEntSocLond1921Plate23.jpg

| image_caption = Figure 2 male

| taxon = Neptis goochii

| authority = Trimen, 1879

| synonyms = *Neptis goochi

}}

Neptis goochii, the small streaked sailer, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa. The habitat consists of forests.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_limenitidini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini]

Wingspan is 30–35 mm in males and 34–38 mm in females.N. goochi Trim. (48 f) is probably merely the East African race of Neptis melicerta and only differs in having discal spots 5 and 6 on the forewing broader and more or less completely joined together, the median band of the hindwing broader, about 5 mm. in breadth, and especially in the second marginal line on the underside of the hindwing being not or but little thickened. Natal to Kilimandjaro Aurivillius, [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}}[https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=760042 Images BOLD]

Adults are on the wing year round with a peak from December to May.{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}

The larvae feed on Acalypha species, as well as Alchornea cordifolia and Dalbergia species.