Neptis strigata, the strigate sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.
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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. strigata
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| Neptis strigata Aurivillius, 1894[1]
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The larvae feed on Clerodendrum capitatum.
Subspecies
edit- Neptis strigata strigata (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Neptis strigata kakamega Collins & Larsen, 1996 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, Uganda, Rwanda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
References
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- ^ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" Archived 2017-03-12 at the Wayback Machine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
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