Neptis carcassoni: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Neptis
Species
Neptis carcassoni
Scientific Name
Neptis carcassoni

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Neptis carcassoni

Neptis carcassoni, or Carcasson's sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of lowland forests.

Adults are on wing nearly year round.

The larvae feed on Dalbergia lactea.

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It was first described as a subspecies of Neptis melicerta. and It is a member of the melicerta Species group The members of the melicerta group are

  • Neptis melicerta
  • Neptis agouale
  • Neptis carcassoni
  • Neptis goochii
  • Neptis nicomedes
  • Neptis quintilla
  • Neptis nicobule
  • Neptis nina

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