Neptis sappho

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Pallas' sailer
Common glider (Neptis sappho sappho) Hungary.jpg
N. s. sappho, Hungary
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N. s. sapho, Hungary
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. sappho
Binomial name
Neptis sappho
Pallas, 1771
Synonyms
  • Neptis aceris

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. [1]

The wingspan is 40–46 mm.

The larvae feed on Lathyrus vernus , Lathyrus niger and Robinia pseudoacacia .

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References

  1. "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms