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

ochracea

Category:Taxa named by Sheffield Airey Neave

Category:Butterflies of Africa

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