Neptidopsis fulgurata

Neptidopsis fulgurata, the barred false sailer or Malagasy sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of coastal forests and coastal forest-savanna mosaic.

Barred false sailer
Neptidopsis fulgurata fulgurata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptidopsis
Species:
N. fulgurata
Binomial name
Neptidopsis fulgurata
(Boisduval, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
  • Libythea fulgurata Boisduval, 1833
  • Neptidopsis fulgurata ab. pseudoplatyptera Strand, 1912

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas and have been recorded feeding from the tips of tall grass. They are on wing from April to September.

Subspecies
  • Neptidopsis fulgurata fulgurata — Madagascar
  • Neptidopsis fulgurata platyptera Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 — Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique

References
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  1. Neptidopsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Biblidini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-06-18.


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