Neptis agouale
Appearance
Neptis agouale | |
---|---|
Kibale National Park, Uganda | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Neptis |
Species: | N. agouale
|
Binomial name | |
Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978[1]
| |
Synonyms | |
|
Neptis agouale, the common club-dot sailer , is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forest.
The larvae feed on Acacia (including Acacia pennata) and Ventilago species, as well as Pterocarpus santalinoides, Baphia pubescens, Grewia carpinifolia and Sterculia tragacantha.
Subspecies
[edit]- Neptis agouale agouale (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania, Zambia)
- Neptis agouale parallela Collins & Larsen, 1996 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, eastern Uganda, Ethiopia, western Kenya, Rwanda, north-western Tanzania)
References
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neptis agouale.
Wikispecies has information related to Neptis agouale.
- ^ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini