Neptis puella


Neptis puella, the little sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia. The habitat consists of Cryptosepalum woodland.
N. puella Auriv. has an expanse of 34—37 mm. and only differs from nysiades in discal spots 2—8
on the forewing forming a completely continuous transverse band with the proximal boundary nearly straight and the distal arcuate; the first marginal line of the forewing is deeply bent proximad in 1 b, but not sharply angled; the median band of the hindwing moderately broad, narrowed towards the inner margin. Cameroons
and Congo. — nina Stgr. seems to be the eastern race.