Neptis Mixophyes
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''Neptis mixophyes'', or Holland's clubbed sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Sierra Leone,
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the
Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
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Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
/ref> The habitat consists of wetter forests. The larvae feed on ''
Dalhousiea africana ''Dalhousiea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It was named after Christian Ramsay, Countess of Dalhousie, by Robert Graham for her work in the classification of Indian botan ...
'' and '' Petersianthus'' species.


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Butterflies described in 1892 mixophyes Butterflies of Africa {{Limenitidinae-stub