''Neptis nemetes'', commonly known as the Nemetes sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western, central and eastern Africa.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
/ref> The habitat consists of lowland forests and riverine thicket. The larvae feed on Asteraceae species, '' Alchornea cordifolia'' and '' Macaranga'' and '' Alchornea'' species.

Subspecies

*''Neptis nemetes nemetes'' (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina-Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, southern Sudan, western Kenya, Zambia) *''Neptis nemetes margueriteae'' Fox, 1968 (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea: Mbini, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia) *''Neptis nemetes obtusa'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Ethiopia)

References

Butterflies described in 1868 nemetes Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Limenitidinae-stub