''Neptis trigonophora'', the barred sailer, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

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 southern

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

. Wingspan is 45–50 mm in males and 48–55 mm in females. Adults are on the wing possibly year round with peak from March to April. The larvae feed on ''

Paullinia pinnata ''Paullinia pinnata'' is a flowering plant species in the genus of ''Paullinia'' found in South America and Africa. The long flexible stems of ''P. pinnata'' are used to poison fish in shallow pools, as described by the English naturalist Henry ...

''.

Subspecies

Recognised subspecies:"''Neptis'' Fabricius, 1807"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''N. t. trigonophora'' (Kenya, eastern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa: Eastern Cape Province) *''N. t. melicertula'' Strand, 1912 (Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, northern Zambia)

References

trigonophora Butterflies described in 1878 Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{Limenitidinae-stub