Neptis clarei

Neptis clarei, or Clare's sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Uganda, western Kenya and possibly north-western Tanzania.^[3] The habitat consists of forests.

Neptis clarei
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. clarei
Binomial name
Neptis clarei Neave, 1904 [1][2]

The larvae feed on Paullinia pinnata.

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Taxonomy

It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group — apparently only differs [from Neptis nysiades] in having the discal spot 6 on the forewing absent or very narrowly linear and spots 4 and 5 completely joined together.Uganda. ^[4]

It is also (in a different interpretation) the nominotypical member of the clarei sub-group of the nysiades group. The members of the clarei sub-group are

• Neptis camarensis
• Neptis nigra
• Neptis stellata
• Neptis viridis
• Neptis clarei

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