Neptidopsis

Neptidopsis Aurivillius, 1898

Neptidopsis Aurivillius, 1898; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5): 153, 155; TS: Papilio ophione Cramer

Neptidopsis (Biblidini); [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]

Neptidopsis ophione (Cramer, [1777]) AF (closed forests), Rhodesia, Moçambique. See [maps] Scalloped Sailor
- Papilio ophione Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 27, pl. 114, f. E, F
- Neptidopsis ophione; [BOW]: pl. 104, f. 18; [AfrL]
- N. o. ophione Sierra Leone - Cameroun
  - Neptidopsis ophione ophione; [BAFR], 242; [AfrL]
- ?N. o. velleda (Mabille, 1890) Zaire - Uganda, Ethiopia, E.Africa - Malawi, Mozambique, E.Rhodesia
  - Eurytela velleda Mabille, 1890; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10: 19
  - ?Neptidopsis ophione velleda; [BAFR], 242 (text)
  - Neptidopsis ophione velleda; [BK]: 338, pl. 47, f. 584
  Larva on Tragia [BK]
- N. o. nucleata Grünberg, 1911
  - Neptidopsis ophione nucleata; [AfrL]
Neptidopsis fulgurata (Boisduval, 1833) -. See [maps] Malagasy Sailer
- Libythea fulgurata Boisduval, 1833
- Neptidopsis fulgurata; [AfrL]
- N. f. fulgurata Madagascar
  - Neptidopsis fulgurata fulgurata; [BAFR], 242; [MadL]; [AfrL]
- N. f. platyptera Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 South Africa (Maronga Forest, Dondo Forest), Kenya (coast), Tanzania (coast)
  - Neptidopsis fulgurata platyptera Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 10 (3): 526; TL: Mikindani, German East Africa
  - Neptidopsis platyptera; [BOW]: pl. 104, f. 19
  - Neptidopsis fulgurata platyptera; [BAFR], 242 (text); [BK]: 338, pl. 47, f. 585; [AfrL]
  Larva on Dalechampia , Tragia [BK]

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References:

[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[Wahlberg]
Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Aurivillius, 1898
Rhopalocera Aethiopica. Die tagfalter des Aethiopischen Faunegebietes K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5) : 1-561, pl. 1-6
Cramer, [1777]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history Butterflies of Kenya
[MadL]; Lees, Kremen & Raharitsimba, 2003
Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist in Goodman & Benstead, Nat. Hist. Madagascar : 762-793
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Mabille, 1890
Voyage de M. Ch. Allaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et aout 1886. Lépidoptéres avec des notes sur quelques autres espéces d'Afrique Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10 : 17-51, pl. 2-3
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Lepidoptera collected by Oscar Neumann in north-east Africa Novit. Zool. 10 (3): 491-542, 12: 175-191

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