Neptis occidentalis
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| taxon = Neptis occidentalis
| authority = Rothschild, 1918[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 incongrus occidentalis Rothschild, 1918
- Neptis incongrus batesii Hall, 1930
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Neptis occidentalis, the mountain sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_limenitidini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini] The habitat consists of montane and riparian forests.
Subspecies
- Neptis occidentalis occidentalis (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri and Kivu, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, western Tanzania)
- Neptis occidentalis batesii Hall, 1930 (Nigeria, Cameroon)
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Category:Butterflies described in 1868
Category:Butterflies of Africa
Category:Taxa named by Walter Rothschild
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