''Neptis swynnertoni'', or Swynnerton's sailer, is a
butterfly in the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in southern
Malawi, west central
Mozambique and eastern
Zimbabwe.
The habitat consists of
montane forests.
Adults are on wing from September to May.
The larvae feed on ''
Macaranga mellifera
''Macaranga'' is a large genus of Old World tropical trees of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus in the subtribe Macaranginae (tribe Acalypheae). Native to Africa, Australasia, Asia and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, ...
''.
References
Butterflies described in 1912
swynnertoni
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