Neptis nicoteles, the clubbed sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.

Discal spot-4 on the forewing is long but very narrow, is placed close to vein 5 and forms with spots 5 and 6 a continuous subapical band; in this the species differs from all [nearly related species].

Hindwing beneath only with two distinct white basal bands.

[3] Images BOLD It is the nominotypical member nicoteles sub-group Of the Neptis nysiades group (Species complex) sensu Richardson[4] The members of the subgroup are