Neptidopsis fulgurata

Barred false sailer
	Neptidopsis fulgurata fulgurata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptidopsis
Species:	N. fulgurata
Binomial name
	Neptidopsis fulgurata; (Boisduval, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
	Libythea fulgurata Boisduval, 1833; Neptidopsis fulgurata ab. pseudoplatyptera Strand, 1912;

Neptidopsis fulgurata, the barred false sailer or Malagasy sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of coastal forests and coastal forest-savanna mosaic.

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas and have been recorded feeding from the tips of tall grass. They are on wing from April to September.

Subspecies

Neptidopsis fulgurata fulgurata — Madagascar
Neptidopsis fulgurata platyptera Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 — Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique

References

Neptidopsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
"Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Biblidini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

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[funet-1] Neptidopsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Biblidini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-06-18.