Neptis nicomedes
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| From Eritrea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. nicomedes
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| Binomial name | |
| Neptis nicomedes Hewitson, 1874
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Neptis nicomedes is a species of nymphalid butterfly.
Description
[edit]Neptis nicomedes has a wingspan reaching about 40 millimetres (1.6 in). The uppersides of the wings are dark brown. Both wings are crossed in the middle by a broad band of white, followed by a band of indistinct grey spots and by three sub-marginal linear bands of white. The underside is similar to the upperside, but colours are paler.
Distribution
[edit]This species can be found in tropical western Africa, mainly in Sierra Leone, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.
References
[edit]- BioLib.cz
- "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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