Neptis nicomedes

Neptis nicomedes
	From Eritrea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. nicomedes
Binomial name
	Neptis nicomedes; Hewitson, 1874
Synonyms
	Neptis nicomedes f. puelloides Eltringham, 1922;

Neptis nicomedes is a species of nymphalid butterfly.

Description

Neptis nicomedes has a wingspan reaching about 40 millimetres (1.6 in). The uppersides of the wings are dark brown. Both wings are crossed in the middle by a broad band of white, followed by a band of indistinct grey spots and by three sub-marginal linear bands of white. The underside is similar to the upperside, but colours are paler.

Distribution

This species can be found in tropical western Africa, mainly in Sierra Leone, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.

References

BioLib.cz
"Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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