Neptis strigata
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| taxon = Neptis strigata
| authority = Aurivillius, 1894[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/neptis/ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312193953/http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/neptis/ |date=2017-03-12 }} at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
| synonyms = *Neptis biafra var. strigata Aurivillius, 1894
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Neptis strigata, the strigate sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_limenitidini.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini |access-date=2012-06-18 |archive-date=2013-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105175311/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_limenitidini.doc |url-status=live }} The habitat consists of dense forests.
The larvae feed on Clerodendrum capitatum.
Subspecies
- Neptis strigata strigata (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Neptis strigata kakamega Collins & Larsen, 1996 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, Uganda, Rwanda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group' N. strigata Auriv. (48 e) only differs from nicomedes in its larger size, 45—47 mm., and in having the discal band of the forewing broadly interrupted at vein 4. Discal spots 2 and 3 on the forewing are more or less rounded and separate. Cameroons to Uganda.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=759546 Images BOLD]
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Category:Butterflies described in 1894
Category:Butterflies of Africa
Category:Taxa named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius
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