Neptis nebrodes

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Neptis nebrodes, the broken-club sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayumbe) and possibly Guinea.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_limenitidini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini]

Description

The longitudinal streak in the cell of the forewing narrow, pointed at the end, and

before the end deeply incised on the anterior side; discal spot 4 on the foreAving small and triangular, placed

free; discal spots 5 and 6 elongate and separated; median band of the hindwing anteriorly somewhat narrowed;

marginal lines dull and indistinct; expanse about 54 mm. Togoland to Angola; rareAurivillius, [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=765993 Images BOLD]

Biology

The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males mud-puddle.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Neptis melicerta Species group sensu Seitz

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Category:Butterflies described in 1874

nebrodes

Category:Butterflies of Africa

Category:Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson

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