''Neptis kiriakoffi'', or Kiriakoff's sailer, is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...
of the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
. It is found in
Sub-Saharan Africa. The habitat consists of forests and ''
Brachystegia
''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezi ...
'' woodland.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini]
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Its wingspan is 40–48 mm in males and 45–52 mm in females. Adults are probably on the wing year round.Paullinia
''Paullinia'' is a genus of flowering shrubs, small trees and lianas in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, native to tropical South America, Central America and the Caribbean.
The genus is named after the German medical botanist Christian ...
'', '' Australina'', and ''Pilea
''Pilea'', with 600–715 species, is the largest genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae.
It is distributed throughout the tropics, subtropics, and warm temperate regions (with the exception of Australia and New Zealand).
Des ...
'' species.["''Neptis'' Fabricius, 1807"]
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
References
kiriakoffi
Butterflies described in 1955
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