Neptis ochracea
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| taxon = Neptis ochracea
| authority = Neave, 1904[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 mildbraedi Gaede, 1915
- Neptis ochreata Gaede, 1915
- Neptis ochracea parvimacula Rothschild, 1918
- Neptis ochracea reducta Kielland, 1978
- Neptis ochracea usungwa Kielland, 1985
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Neptis ochracea, the yellow mountain sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_limenitidini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini] The habitat consists of montane forests.
The larvae feed on Rubus species.
Subspecies
- Neptis ochracea ochracea (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri, western and central Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
- Neptis ochracea lualabae Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)
- Neptis ochracea mildbraedi Gaede, 1915 (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Neptis ochracea ochreata Gaede, 1915 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, western Uganda)
- Neptis ochracea reductata Larsen, 1995 (western Tanzania)
- Neptis ochracea uluguru Kielland, 1985 (eastern Tanzania)
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Category:Butterflies described in 1904
Category:Taxa named by Sheffield Airey Neave
Category:Butterflies of Africa
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