• Source: Neptis nicomedes

Neptis nicomedes is a species of nymphalid butterfly.




Description


Neptis nicomedes has a wingspan reaching about 40 millimetres (1.6 in). The uppersides of the wings are dark brown. Both wings are crossed in the middle by a broad band of white, followed by a band of indistinct grey spots and by three sub-marginal linear bands of white. The underside is similar to the upperside, but colours are paler.




Distribution


This species can be found in tropical western Africa, mainly in Sierra Leone, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.




References


BioLib.cz
"Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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• Neptis nicomedes
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• List of butterflies of Ghana
• List of butterflies of the Central African Republic
• List of butterflies of Angola
• List of butterflies of the Republic of the Congo
• List of butterflies of Cameroon
• List of butterflies of Uganda
• List of butterflies of Nigeria
• List of butterflies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo