Neptidopsis ophione

Description

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. 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.