Neptis clarei, or Clare's sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Uganda, western Kenya and possibly north-western Tanzania.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Paullinia pinnata. Images BOLD
Taxonomy It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group — apparently only differs [from Neptis nysiades] in having the discal spot 6 on the forewing absent or very narrowly linear and spots 4 and 5 completely joined.Uganda.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.
It is also (in a different interpretation) the nominotypical member of the clarei sub-group of the nysiades group. The members of the clarei sub-group are Neptis camarensis Neptis nigra Neptis stellata Neptis viridis Neptis clarei Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221
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