| Kiriakoff's sailer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. kiriakoffi |
| Binomial name | |
| Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955 | |
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Neptis kiriakoffi, or Kiriakoff's sailer, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa. The habitat consists of forests and Brachystegia woodland.[1]
Its wingspan is 40–48 mm in males and 45–52 mm in females. Adults are probably on the wing year round.[2]
The larvae feed on Acalypha paniculata, Paullinia, Australina, and Pilea species.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
- 1 2 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- ↑ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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