Barred false sailer
Neptidopsis fulgurata fulgurata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptidopsis
Species:
N. fulgurata
Binomial name
Neptidopsis fulgurata
(Boisduval, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
  • Libythea fulgurata Boisduval, 1833
  • Neptidopsis fulgurata ab. pseudoplatyptera Strand, 1912

Neptidopsis fulgurata, the barred false sailer or Malagasy sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of coastal forests and coastal forest-savanna mosaic.

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas and have been recorded feeding from the tips of tall grass. They are on wing from April to September.

Subspecies

  • Neptidopsis fulgurata fulgurata — Madagascar
  • Neptidopsis fulgurata platyptera Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 — Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique

References

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  1. ↑ Neptidopsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Biblidini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-06-18.


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