Neptis nicomedes
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Neptis nicomedes Hewitson, 1874
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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
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1874
- Neptis
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
- Limenitidinae stubs