Neptis lugubris is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-western Uganda, Kenya and the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
It resembles a small example of Neptis agatha with much reduced white discal bands, and is described as having no white dot in forewing cell above or beneath. The state of the forewing. submarginal lines is not described, but from the photograph they would appear to be continuous. The locality is given as Lake Tanganyika. Only one example was received.Eltringham, H. 1922 African species of the genus Neptis Fab. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1921 : 532-589, pl. 20-25 Images BOLD The holotype was collected by Rudolf Grauer. It is in Naturhistorisches Museum Wien.
Very little is known about this butterfly.
Taxonomy It is the nominotypical member of the Neptis lugubris sub-group of the Neptis nysiades group The members of the subgroup are Neptis lugubris Neptis angelae Neptis paulinae Neptis biafra 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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