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Neptis nysiades

Synonyms: Neptis najo; Neptis urungensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Neptis nysiades, the Variable Sailer, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests, including riparian forests. The larvae feed on Paullinia pinnata.
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Infraspecies

Neptis nysiades clarei
Neptis nysiades continuata
Neptis nysiades metanira
Neptis nysiades nysiades

Prey / Diet

Paullinia pinnata (bread and cheese)[1]

External References

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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
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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