Neptis carcassoni

Neptis carcassoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. carcassoni
Binomial name
Neptis carcassoni
van Son, 1959
Synonyms
  • Neptis melicerta carcassoni van Son, 1959

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.

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

References

  1. ↑ van Son, 1959 A new subspecies of Neptis melicerta Drury from Southern Africa Novos Taxa ent. 15 : 1-8
  2. ↑ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
  4. ↑ Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221