Neptis exaleuca
Species of butterfly
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Neptis exaleuca is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda and Tanzania.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. exaleuca |
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Description
Discal spots of the forewing and discal band of the hindwing white; Wings above dark brown, beneath glossy bronze-brown; fringes with white spots on the folds. Expanse 52 mm. Cameroons and Congo[3]
Subspecies
- Neptis exaleuca exaleuca (Cameroon to western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Neptis exaleuca suffusa Rothschild, 1918 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
