Neptis carpenteri is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini

It was first descied as Neptis nemetes f. carpenteri Eltringham, 1922; Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1921: 550, 551, pl. 24, f. 7 D'Abrera raised this to specific rank D'Abrera, B., 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne: xx, 593 pp. References