Neptis lugubris

Neptis lugubris is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-western Uganda, Kenya and the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[3]

Neptis lugubris
Figure 4, plate accompanying the original description
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. lugubris
Binomial name
Neptis lugubris Rebel, 1914 [1][2]

It resembles a small example of Neptis agatha with much reduced white discal bands, and is described as having no white dot in forewing cell above or beneath. The state of the forewing. submarginal lines is not described, but from the photograph they would appear to be continuous. The locality is given as Lake Tanganyika. Only one example was received.^[4] Images BOLD The holotype was collected by Rudolf Grauer. It is in Naturhistorisches Museum Wien.

Very little is known about this butterfly.

Taxonomy

It is the nominotypical member of the Neptis lugubris sub-group of the Neptis nysiades group The members of the subgroup are

• Neptis lugubris
• Neptis angelae
• Neptis paulinae
• Neptis biafra

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