| Pallas' sailer | |
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| N. s. sappho, Hungary | |
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| N. s. sapho, Hungary | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. sappho |
| Binomial name | |
| Neptis sappho Pallas, 1771 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.
N. s. intermedia Komaki, Aichi, Japan
N. s. intermedia Komaki, Aichi, Japan
from Adalbert Seitz
Larva and pupa (figures 10 and 10a)
References
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- ↑ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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