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Neptis kiriakoffi (Kiriakoff's Sailer)

Wikipedia Abstract

Kiriakoff's Sailer (Neptis kiriakoffi) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Subsaharan Africa. The habitat consists of forests and Brachystegia woodland. Wingspan is 40–48 mm in males and 45–52 mm in females. Adults are probably on the wing year-round. The larvae feed on Acalypha paniculata, Paullinia, Australina, and Pilea species.
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Prey / Diet

Acalypha paniculata[1]
Paullinia pinnata (bread and cheese)[1]
Pilea acuminata[2]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0