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Neptis frobenia

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Neptis frobenia
Individual in Black River Gorges
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. frobenia
Binomial name
Neptis frobenia
(Fabricius, 1798)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio frobenia Fabricius, 1798

Neptis frobenia is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Mauritius.[2]

The larvae feed on Acalypha species and Erythrospermum mauritiana.

References

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  1. ^ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini