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Streaked Sailer Butterfly

Neptis goochii

Confined to warm and humid lowland and riverine forests, in South Africa the Streaked Sailer is found only in northern coastal Kwazulu-Natal and along the escarpment of Limpopo and Mpumalanga. Adults may be seen throughout the year and have a wingspan of less than 4cm. It is a very nervous butterfly and difficult to approach, and notable for their fondness for using a conspicuous twig or leaf as a lookout point from which to launch attacks on interlopers into their territory.