Neptidopsis

Genus of brush-footed butterflies

False sailers
Neptidopsis fulgurata fulgurata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Biblidini
Genus: Neptidopsis
Aurivillius, 1898

Neptidopsis is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in Africa, commonly called false sailers or sailors.[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • Neptidopsis fulgurata (Boisduval, 1833) – barred false sailer (East Africa and Madagascar)
  • Neptidopsis ophione (Cramer, [1777]) – scalloped false sailer (sub-Saharan Africa)

References

  1. ^ a b Neptidopsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Taxon identifiers
Neptidopsis


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