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Neptis melicerta Drury 1773
Description
170. Neptis melicerta (Drury, 1773)
WL: 22mm. N. melicerta is known to fly in all forest types, ranging from Guinea-Bissau to Nigeria and through equatorial Africa to western Uganda. The known host-plants are species of Fabaceae and Sapindaceae.
Studied material. Tombali: Mato de Lautchande (PNFC), 12.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29142).
Previous references. Regions: Bafatá, Biombo, Bolama, Gabú, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Bacelar (1949), Villiers (1949), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2008b).
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: F; CS: LC.
Notes
Published as part of Bivar-De-Sousa, António, Vasconcelos, Sasha, Mendes, Luís F., Larsen, Torben B., Baker, Jon & Guilherme, João L., 2016, Butterflies of Guinea-Bissau: VIII. New data, new reports, corrections and biodiversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea), pp. 1-77 in Zootaxa 4201 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/192215
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- PNFC
- Event date
- 2009-12-07
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Neptis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Drury
- Species
- melicerta
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 2009-12-07
- Taxonomic concept label
- Neptis melicerta Drury, 1773 sec. Bivar-De-Sousa, Vasconcelos, Mendes, Larsen, Baker & Guilherme, 2016
References
- Drury, D. (1773) Illustrations of Natural History. Vol. 2. Printed for the author, London, 90 pp., 50 pls.
- Bacelar, A. (1949) Macrolepidoptera (Rhopalocera) da Guine Portuguesa. Anais da Junta de Investigacoes Coloniais (Entomologia), 4, 72 - 104.
- Villiers, A. (1949) Mission P. L. Dekeiser et A. Villiers en Guinee et Cote d'Ivoire (1946). Insectes (premiere partie). Catalogue de l'Institut Francais de l'Afrique Noire, 5, 1 - 90.