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Neptis constantiae

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Neptis constantiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. constantiae
Binomial name
Neptis constantiae

Neptis constantiae, or Constance's sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[3] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

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  • Neptis constantiae constantiae (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
  • Neptis constantiae kaumba Condamin, 1966 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba and Sankuru)
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Taxonomy

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It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group but also considered a member of the constantiae. group the other member being Neptis katama'.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Carcasson, R. H. 1961 New and Little-known African Lepidoptera Occasional Papers, Coryndon Memorial Museum, Nairobi (7) : 3-23, 5pls
  2. ^ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
  4. ^ Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221