Neptis ochracea

Species of butterfly

Neptis ochracea

Figure 11
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Nymphalidae
Genus:  | Neptis
Species:  |

N. ochracea

Binomial name
Neptis ochracea

Neave, 1904[1]

Synonyms

* Neptis mildbraedi Gaede, 1915
* Neptis ochreata Gaede, 1915
* Neptis ochracea parvimacula Rothschild, 1918
* Neptis ochracea reducta Kielland, 1978
* Neptis ochracea usungwa Kielland, 1985

Neptis ochracea, the yellow mountain sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

The larvae feed on Rubus species.

## Subspecies[edit]

* Neptis ochracea ochracea (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri, western and central Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
* Neptis ochracea lualabae Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)
* Neptis ochracea mildbraedi Gaede, 1915 (Nigeria, Cameroon)
* Neptis ochracea ochreata Gaede, 1915 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, western Uganda)
* Neptis ochracea reductata Larsen, 1995 (western Tanzania)
* Neptis ochracea uluguru Kielland, 1985 (eastern Tanzania)

## References[edit]

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Wikispecies has information related to Neptis ochracea.

1. ^ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini

Taxon identifiers

Neptis ochracea|

* Wikidata: Q6995517
* BioLib: 641353
* CoL: 99R4S
* EoL: 166995
* GBIF: 5131327
* iNaturalist: 940140
* Open Tree of Life: 3122290

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