Neptis biafra Ward 1871

Neptis biafra Ward
Neptis biafra Ward, 1871: 121 (Cameroons). 1874: 12; pi. 9, figs. 1 and 2. Holland, 1892a: pi. 9, fig. 10. Eltrirtgham, 1921: 570-573.
This species has heretofore been known only from Cameroons. In his review of the genus, Eltringham (1921) claimed that Holland (1892) misidentified biafra. The specimen from Gabon figured by Holland is at hand, as is a series of four females obtained more recently from Cameroons. Holland's photograph (1892) is not particularly good but the specimen is unquestionably correctly identified. I find some variation in pattern in the Cameroons series. A female from Batanga agrees exactly with Ward's figure (1874) and a female from Efulen with Eltringham's ( 1921 ) . The male from Wanau Forest, Liberia, seems to be the same species. It is unfortunate that Eltringham did not utilize the male genitalia.
Liberia: Wanau Forest, 1 S , III (Fox).

Neptis biafra, the Biafran sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop) and western Cameroon.