Neptis serena
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| N. s. serena, Gambia | |
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| Species: | N. serena
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| Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955[1]
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Neptis serena, the serene sailer or river sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia, northern Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa and Yemen.[2] The habitat consists of open, grassy banks of streams and rivers in forests, heavy woodland, coastal bush and savanna.
Adult males mud-puddle. Adults are on wing from April to January.
The larvae feed on species.
Subspecies[]
- Neptis serena serena (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia, northern Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal)
- Neptis serena annah Larsen, 1982 (Yemen)
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- ^ Neptis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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