Neptis rogersi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. rogersi
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| Binomial name | |
| Neptis rogersi Eltringham, 1921[1]
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Neptis rogersi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Images BOLD
It is found along the coasts of Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of coastal forests.
The larvae feed on Paullinia pinnata and Alchornea cordifolia.
Taxonomy
[edit]It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group and also the nominotypical member of the rogersi sub-group of the nysiades group The members of the rogersi subgroup are
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Neptis rogersi.
- ^ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
- ^ Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221
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