Neptis alta

Neptis alta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species: N. alta
Binomial name
Neptis alta
Overlaet, 1955[1]

Neptis alta, the Old Sailer or High Sailer, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and northern Botswana.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Adult males mud puddle in the dry season. Adults are on wing from August to October and again from April to May.

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