Neptis puella

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = TransEntSocLond1921Plate22.jpg

| image_caption = Female, figure 12

| image2 =

| taxon = Neptis puella

| authority = Aurivillius, 1894[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

| synonyms = *Neptis lucayensis Schultze, 1916

}}

Neptis puella, the little sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_limenitidini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini] The habitat consists of Cryptosepalum woodland.

N. puella Auriv. has an expanse of 34—37 mm. and only differs from nysiades in discal spots 2—8

on the forewing forming a completely continuous transverse band with the proximal boundary nearly straight and the distal arcuate; the first marginal line of the forewing is deeply bent proximad in 1 b, but not sharply angled; the median band of the hindwing moderately broad, narrowed towards the inner margin. Cameroons

and Congo. — nina Stgr. seems to be the eastern race.Aurivillius, [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=759525 Images BOLD]