Neptis trigonophora

Neptis trigonophora
	Male, figure 1
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. trigonophora
Binomial name
	Neptis trigonophora; Butler, 1878
Synonyms
	Neptis melicerta var. melicertula Strand, 1912; Neptis intermedia Schultze, 1920; Neptis trigonophora f. vansomereni Eltringham, 1929; Neptis trigonophora vansomereni d'Abrera, 1980;

Neptis trigonophora, the barred sailer, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.

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

Recognised 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)

^ 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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