Nepheronia argia

Nepheronia argia, the large vagrant, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found throughout Africa.

The wingspan is 50–65 mm for males and 48–70 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks in late summer and autumn.

The larvae feed on Hippocratea longipetolata, Cassipurea ruwenzorensis, and Ritchiea species.

Subspecies

 * N. a. argia (Fabricius, 1775) (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Sudan, northern Uganda)
 * N. a. argolisia (Stoneham, 1957) (Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, north-western Zambia)
 * N. a. mhondana (Suffert, 1904) (eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, central and northern Mozambique)
 * N. a. varia (Trimen, 1864) (South Africa)
 * N. a. variegata Henning, 1994 (southern Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini)