Biology:Neptis sappho

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Pallas' sailer
Common glider (Neptis sappho sappho) Hungary.jpg
N. s. sappho, Hungary
Common glider (Neptis sappho sappho) underside Hungary.jpg
N. s. sapho, Hungary
Scientific classification edit
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.

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q1300802 entry