Neptis agouale
Neptis agouale, the common club-dot sailer , is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forest.
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The larvae feed on Acacia (including Acacia pennata) and Ventilago species, as well as Pterocarpus santalinoides, Baphia pubescens, Grewia carpinifolia and Sterculia tragacantha.
Subspecies
- Neptis agouale agouale (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania, Zambia)
- Neptis agouale parallela Collins & Larsen, 1996 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, eastern Uganda, Ethiopia, western Kenya, Rwanda, north-western Tanzania)
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- "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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