Neptidopsis ophione

Scalloped false sailer
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptidopsis
Species:	N. ophione
Binomial name
	Neptidopsis ophione; (Cramer, 1777)[2]
Synonyms
	Papilio ophione Cramer, 1777; Papilio valentina Cramer, 1780; Eurytela morgani Doubleday, 1848; Eurytela velleda Mabille, 1890; Neptidopsis ophione var. nucleata Grünberg, 1911;

Neptidopsis ophione, the scalloped false sailer or scalloped sailer (also spelled "sailor"), is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[3] The habitat consists of forest edges, secondary forest and dense woodland.

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas and sap exuding from the branches of trees and shrubs. They are on wing from January to September.

The larvae feed on Tragia species T. benthami, T. brevipes, T. impedita and probably also Ricinus species.

Subspecies

Neptidopsis ophione ophione — Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Congo
Neptidopsis ophione nucleata Grünberg, 1911 — northern Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe

Larsen, T.B (2011). "Neptidopsis ophione". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T161001A5384720. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T161001A5384720.en. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
Neptidopsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
"Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Biblidini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

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