Neptis nina
Species of butterfly
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Neptis nina, the tiny sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Tanzania, south-eastern Kenya and north-eastern Zambia.[2]Images BOLD The habitat consists of forests.
| Neptis nina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. nina |
| Binomial name | |
| Neptis nina Staudinger, 1896[1] | |
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group and of the melicerta Species group The members of the melicerta group are
- Neptis melicerta
- Neptis agouale
- Neptis carcassoni
- Neptis goochii
- Neptis nicomedes
- Neptis quintilla
- Neptis nicobule
- Neptis nina
nina Stgr. seems to be the eastern race [ of Neptis puella] and only differs in having the transverse band of the forewing narrowed towards the costal margin and in the somewhat narrower median band of the hindwing.[then] German East Africa: Usagara.[4]
