''Neptis ochracea'', the yellow mountain sailer, is a
butterfly in the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in
Nigeria,
Cameroon, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Uganda,
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
,
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
and
Tanzania.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini]
/ref> The habitat consists of montane forests.
The larvae feed on '' Rubus'' species.
Subspecies
*''Neptis ochracea ochracea'' (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri, western and central Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
*''Neptis ochracea lualabae'' Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)
*''Neptis ochracea mildbraedi'' Gaede, 1915 (Nigeria, Cameroon)
*''Neptis ochracea ochreata'' Gaede, 1915 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, western Uganda)
*''Neptis ochracea reductata'' Larsen, 1995 (western Tanzania)
*''Neptis ochracea uluguru'' Kielland, 1985 (eastern Tanzania)
References
Butterflies described in 1904
ochracea
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