Neptis frobenia

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Neptis frobenia is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family that lives on Mauritius. It belongs to the frobenia group of Neptis, a small group found on the Mascarene and Comoro Islands. They do not seem to occur on Madagascar, but are closely related to Neptis saclava from that island.

Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Nymphalidae
- Genus: Neptis
- Species: frobenia
- Binomial name: Neptis frobenia (Fabricius, 1798)
- Synonym: Papilio frobenia

What to look for:
- They have yellow markings on the upper side of the wings.
- The forewing discal band is interrupted twice (in cells 1b and 4); discal spot 4 is absent or small and joined to spot 3.
- In males, the underside of the forewing along the hindmargin is grey with a strong pearly gloss up to vein 2.

Larval food:
- Caterpillars feed on Acalypha species and Erythrospermum mauritiana.