Neptis jamesi, Aduse-Poku & Lohman & Richardson, 2022

Aduse-Poku, Kwaku, Lohman, David J. & Richardson, Ian D., 2022, Revision of the genus Neptis Fabricius, 1807 (Papilionoidea: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region, Part 4: The phylogeny of the Nysiades group with eight new species, Metamorphosis 33 (1), pp. 130-163 : 138

Neptis jamesi sp. nov. ( Fig. 12 )

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Six specimens of N. jamesi from the north-eastern DRC have been barcoded. One of these, a male in the ABRI collection, was selected as the holotype and is shown in Fig. 12 along with a female paratype and specimens of N. nanciae .

Holotype ♂: Kithokolo , Nord- Kivu, DRC, 01°10ʹ S, 29°13ʹ E, 1900–2000 m, xi.2014, ABRI-152959, ABRI collection.

Paratypes 2♂ and 3♀: data shown in Table 2.

Figures

Figure 12 – Neptis jamesi sp.nov. and Neptis nanciae sp. nov. N. jamesi holotype ♂: ABRI-152959; Kithokolo, Nord-Kivu, DRC; xi.2014; a dorsal, b ventral. N. jamesi paratype ♀: IDR-A02196; Kasugho, Nord-Kivu, DRC; 15.xii.2017; R Ducarme; c dorsal, d ventral. N. nanciae holotype ♂: ABRI-150683; Kithokolo, Nord-Kivu, DRC; vi.2014; e dorsal, f ventral. N. nanciae paratype ♀: ABRI-152952; Kithokolo, Nord-Kivu, DRC; v.2012; g dorsal, h ventral.