Neptis nicoteles, the 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, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini The habitat consists of various types of forests, including secondary habitats.
The larvae feed on Millettia species.
Taxonomy It is a member of the Neptis melicerta Species group sensu Seitz
It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group. Discal spot-4 on the forewing is long but very narrow, is placed close to vein 5 and forms with spots 5 and 6 a continuous subapical band; in this the species differs from all [nearly related species]. The longitudinal streak in the cell obtusely rounded at the end. Hindwing beneath only with two distinct white basal bands. Gold Coast to Angola.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
It is the nominotypical member nicoteles sub-group Of the Neptis nysiades group (Species complex) sensu RichardsonRichardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221 The members of the subgroup are Neptis nicoteles Neptis vindo Neptis mixophyes
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