Neptis nicoteles
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| Both in Kakamega Forest, Kenya | |
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| Species: | N. nicoteles
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Neptis nicoteles, the clubbed sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of various types of forests, including secondary habitats.
The larvae feed on Millettia species.
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- ^ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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- Butterflies described in 1874
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