Neptis rogersi

Neptis rogersi
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. rogersi
Binomial name
Neptis rogersi

Neptis rogersi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Images BOLD

It is found along the coasts of Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of coastal forests.

The larvae feed on Paullinia pinnata and Alchornea cordifolia.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group and also the nominotypical member of the rogersi sub-group of the nysiades group The members of the rogersi subgroup are

References

  1. ↑ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
  3. ↑ Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221