Neptis mixophyes, or Holland's clubbed sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. mixophyes
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The larvae feed on Dalhousiea africana and Petersianthus species.
References
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- ^ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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