Neptis sextilla

Neptis sextilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species: N. sextilla
Binomial name
Neptis sextilla
Mabille, 1882[1]

Neptis sextilla is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family.[2]

Taxonomy

The type location is Madagascar, but this is possibly a false locality. The type is possibly lost and the description suggests that although it may well have been recorded from Madagascar, it is either an aberration or a hybrid between Neptis kikideli and Neptis saclava. It may also be a re-description of one of the agatha species-group species from the African mainland.

References

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