Neptis lugubris

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| taxon = Neptis lugubris

| authority = Rebel, 1914 Rebel, H. 1914. Wissenschafteliche Ergebnisse der expedition R. Grauer nach Zentralafrika. Dez. 1909 – Feb 1911. Lepidoptera. Annalen des K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 28: 219–294, pls. 17–24[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

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Neptis lugubris is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-western Uganda, Kenya and the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_limenitidini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini]

It resembles a small example of Neptis agatha with much reduced

white discal bands, and is described as having no white dot in forewing cell above or beneath. The state of the forewing.

submarginal lines is not described, but from the photograph they would appear to be continuous. The locality is given as Lake Tanganyika. Only one example was received.Eltringham, H. 1922

African species of the genus Neptis Fab. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1921 : 532-589, pl. 20-25 [https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=759545 Images BOLD] The holotype was collected by Rudolf Grauer. It is in Naturhistorisches Museum Wien.

Very little is known about this butterfly.