Neptis penningtoni
Neptis penningtoni, or Pennington's sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-eastern Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Limpopo).[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland, especially on wooded hills.
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Adults are on wing in April and from July to December.
The larvae feed on Julbernardia globiflora. They prefer freshly emerged shoots of their host plant
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- "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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