Neita lotenia
| Neita lotenia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini |
| Genus: | Neita |
| Species: | N. lotenia |
| Binomial name | |
| Neita lotenia (van Son, 1949)[1] | |
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The Loteni Brown (Neita lotenia) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa on grassy mountain slopes on high altitude grasslands along the southern and south-eastern KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho part of the Drakensberg.
The wingspan is 45–48 mm for males and females. Adults are on wing from late November to January. There is one generation per year.[2]
The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.
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