Neptis puella

Neptis puella, the little sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of Cryptosepalum woodland.

Neptis puella
Female, figure 12
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. puella
Binomial name
Neptis puella Aurivillius, 1894[1]
Synonyms
Neptis lucayensis Schultze, 1916

N. puella Auriv. has an expanse of 34—37 mm. and only differs from nysiades in discal spots 2—8 on the forewing forming a completely continuous transverse band with the proximal boundary nearly straight and the distal arcuate; the first marginal line of the forewing is deeply bent proximad in 1 b, but not sharply angled; the median band of the hindwing moderately broad, narrowed towards the inner margin. Cameroons and Congo. — nina Stgr. seems to be the eastern race.^[3] Images BOLD