Neptis continuata

Neptis continuata
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. continuata
Binomial name
	Neptis continuata; Holland, 1892
Synonyms
	Neptis biafra var. continuata Holland, 1892; Neptis conspicua ab. urungensis Strand, 1911;

Neptis continuata, the continuous sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda and possibly Sierra Leone.^[2] continuata Holland only differs [from Neptis clareiin having the discal band of the forewing continuous between vein 2 and the costal margin and the median band of the hindwing almost smooth distally, not incised at the veins. ab. urungensis Strand is said to differ from continuata in the cell of the forewing above bearing three white dots, while the marginal lines are more distinct. German East Africa: Kitungula.^[3]

Taxonomy

It is the nominotypical member of the continuata sub-group Of the Neptis nysiades group (Species complex) The members of the subgroup are

Neptis continuata
Neptis mpassae

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References

^ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221

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[funet-1] "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini

[3] Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[4] Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221

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