Neita orbipalus

Neita orbipalus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania.[2]

Neita orbipalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neita
Species:
N. orbipalus
Binomial name
Neita orbipalus
Kielland, 1990[1]

The upperside of the wings is brown to sooty brown. In both the forewings and hindwings there are a dark-brown marginal line, a brown submarginal line and a dark-brown thicker line inside this. Females are a little larger and paler than males.

Subspecies

  • Neita orbipalus orbipalus (Tanzania: north to the Arusha plain)
  • Neita orbipalus congdoni Kielland, 1990 (Tanzania: southern highlands)

References

  1. "Neita van Son, 1955" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe uncertain". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-11.


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