Neptis nicomedes is a species of nymphalid butterfly.
Description Neptis nicomedes has a wingspan reaching about . The uppersides of the wings are dark brown. Both wings are crossed in the middle by a broad band of white, followed by a band of indistinct grey spots and by three sub-marginal linear bands of white. The underside is similar to the upperside, but colours are paler.It is very similar to Neptis strigata.Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. Images BOLD
Distribution This species can be found in tropical western Africa, mainly in Sierra Leone, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.
Taxonomy It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group and of the melicerta Species group. The members of the melicerta group are Neptis melicerta Neptis agouale Neptis carcassoni Neptis goochii Neptis nicomedes Neptis quintilla Neptis nicobule Neptis nina Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221
References
BioLib.cz "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms