| Plain sailer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. cartica |
| Binomial name | |
| Neptis cartica Moore, 1872 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Neptis cartica, the plain sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia. [1]
Neptis hylas, the common sailor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia. It has a characteristic stiff gliding flight achieved by short and shallow wingbeats just above the horizontal.
Neptis soma, the sullied sailer or the creamy sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in south and southeast Asia.
Neptis jumbah, the chestnut-streaked sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia.
Neptis is a large genus of butterflies of Old World tropics and subtropics. They are commonly called sailer butterflies or sailers, or more precisely typical sailers to distinguish them from the related blue sailer (Pseudoneptis).
Neptis yerburii, or Yerbury's sailer, is a nymphalid butterfly found in India,, parts of China, Burma and Thailand. The species is named after the collector of the type specimen John William Yerbury.
Neptis sappho, the Pallas' sailer or common glider, is a nymphalid butterfly found in Central Europe, Russia, India and other parts of temperate Asia and Japan.
Neptis trigonophora, the barred sailer, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.
Neptis nashona, the less rich sailer, is a nymphalid butterfly found in Asia. The species was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1896.
Neptis sankara, the broad-banded sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.
Neptis vikasi, the dingy sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Asia, from north-eastern India to Burma and northern Indochina.
Neptis anjana, the rich sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Asia.
Neptis radha, the great yellow sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Asia.
Neptis alta, the old sailer or high sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and northern Botswana. The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.
Neptis gratiosa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Zambia, Mozambique, north-western Tanzania and Kenya. The habitat consists of grassy woodland.
Neptis serena, the serene sailer or river sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia, northern Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa and Yemen. The habitat consists of open, grassy banks of streams and rivers in forests, heavy woodland, coastal bush and savanna.
Neptis ida, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.