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Neptis aurivillii
Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Neptis aurivillii is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[3] The habitat consists of montane and sub-montane forests.
The larvae feed on Macaranga species and Urera hypselodendron.
It has been considered a subspecies of Neptis incongrua.Schultze described as a variety of incongura which it closely resembles.The Holotype is in the Natural History Museum, London.
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Subspecies
- Neptis aurivillii aurivillii (south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia)
- Neptis aurivillii ufipa Kielland, 1990 (Tanzania: west to the Ufipa district)
References
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