Neptis trigonophora, the barred sailer, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. trigonophora
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| Binomial name | |
| Neptis trigonophora Butler, 1878
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Wingspan is 45–50 mm in males and 48–55 mm in females. Adults are on the wing possibly year round with peak from March to April.[1]
The larvae feed on Paullinia pinnata.[2]
Subspecies
editRecognised subspecies:[2]
- Neptis trigonophora trigonophora (Kenya, eastern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa: Eastern Cape Province)
- Neptis trigonophora melicertula Strand, 1912 (Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, northern Zambia)
References
edit- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- ^ a b "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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