Neptidopsis
Appearance
False sailers | |
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Neptidopsis fulgurata fulgurata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Biblidini |
Genus: | Neptidopsis Aurivillius, 1898 |
Neptidopsis is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in Africa, commonly called false sailers or sailors.[1]
Species
[edit]Listed alphabetically:[1]
- Neptidopsis fulgurata (Boisduval, 1833) – barred false sailer (East Africa and Madagascar)
- Neptidopsis ophione (Cramer, [1777]) – scalloped false sailer (sub-Saharan Africa)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Neptidopsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms