Neptis aurivillii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. aurivillii
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Neptis aurivillii is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of montane and sub-montane forests.
The larvae feed on Macaranga species and Urera hypselodendron.
Subspecies
[edit]- Neptis aurivillii aurivillii (south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia)
- Neptis aurivillii ufipa Kielland, 1990 (Tanzania: west to the Ufipa district)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Neptis aurivillii.
- ^ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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