Neptidopsis fulgurata
Barred false sailer | |
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Neptidopsis fulgurata fulgurata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Neptidopsis |
Species: | N. fulgurata
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Binomial name | |
Neptidopsis fulgurata | |
Synonyms | |
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Neptidopsis fulgurata, the barred false sailer or Malagasy sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of coastal forests and coastal forest-savanna mosaic.
Adults are attracted to fermented bananas and have been recorded feeding from the tips of tall grass. They are on wing from April to September.
Subspecies[]
- Neptidopsis fulgurata fulgurata — Madagascar
- Neptidopsis fulgurata platyptera Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 — Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neptidopsis fulgurata. |
Wikispecies has information related to Neptidopsis fulgurata. |
- ^ Neptidopsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Biblidini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1833
- Biblidinae
- Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
- Biblidinae stubs