Neptis metella

Neptis metella
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. metella
Binomial name
	Neptis metella; (Doubleday, 1848)[1]
Synonyms
	Limenitis metella Doubleday, 1848; Neptis gratilla Mabille, 1880; Neptis metella ab. brunni Schultze, 1916; Neptis metella f. vinalli Eltringham, 1929;

Neptis metella, the yellow-base sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, from Nigeria to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda, Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Acalypha neptunica pubescens.

Subspecies

Neptis metella metella (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria to Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, southern Sudan, north-western Tanzania)
Neptis metella flavimacula Jackson, 1951 (Uganda: east to the western slopes of Mount Elgon, western Kenya)

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