Neptis nicobule, the scarce clubbed sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele and Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini The habitat consists of wet forests.
Description The discal spot 4 on the forewing is very small, triangular and stands quite free near to the first marginal line; the longitudinal streak in the cell obtusely rounded at the end; the marginal lines of the forewing indistinct or absent in the anterior part of cellule 3; discal spots 5 and 6 on the forewing small and rounded, not larger than spots 2 and 3; expanse 43–45 mm. Ogowe and Ubangi.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
Biology
The larvae feed on Cnestis ferruginea, Tetrapleura and Swartzia species.
Taxonomy It is a member of the Neptis melicerta Species group sensu Seitz
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
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