Neita lotenia, the Loteni brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. 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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neita |
| Species: | N. lotenia
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| Binomial name | |
| Neita lotenia (van Son, 1949)[1]
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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.
References
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- ^ "Neita van Son, 1955" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.