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Pallas' Sailer Butterfly

Neptis sappho

Photo by injica
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Field Notes

Description:

The wingspan is 40 - 46 mm. The larvae feed on Lathyrus vernus, Lathyrus niger and Robina pseudoacacia.

Habitat:

It is found in Eastern Europe, Russia, India and other parts of temperate Asia and Japan.

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Neptis sappho

Species ID Suggestions

Pallas' Sailer

Neptis sappho

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Jopy
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Comments (18)
HarumKoh
thank you injica! this butterfly is common in japan, so I had more chance to photo them. :))
injica
Your photos are far better! ;)
HarumKoh
I have same butterfly photo. :)) thank you for describing foods. I also describe foods, strangely it's different. interesting. :))
injica
Vjerovala ili ne ne stignem to ni zamisliti, a ti mi ih već ispremještaš
Jopy
hahaha premještajte sve!! zamisli da mogu premještati kontinente i države...koji bi to kaos bio <3
Jopy
haha a plavo je moja boja u svakom slučaju...nikako se sabrati i organizirati :D
injica
mislim ako treba, premjestit cemo mi indiju u europu zbog tebe :D ha ha ha
Jopy
pa naravno, Indija! that's me!! Faredin, i have very nice job and too much long holidays and have an energy :D
injica
jesam, to sam i rekla; "podsjeca me na nekog iz indije " a bubica plava <3 :*
Jopy
T. Tolman, Butterflies of Britain and Europe, ajoj...biće da si ti tog slikala negdje u aziji! znaš mene i moju zbunjenost :)
injica
pa zar tvoje knjiga nije europska? ovaj hylas je south-east asia
Jopy
N. hylas nema u mojoj knjizi, možda su mu ime promjenili...I have to be jealous, we don't have this one in dalmatia and now in bosnia and herzegovina :(
FaredinAliyevski
Hahaha, i gave her a break no spotting from me so no worries give her even more. After all she is on holidays so she has the mood and energy for IDs :)
injica
Tnx Faredin, I think I am just making her go nuts not jealous cause she has to id everything (is not my day) :D
injica
Hvala :D vidis da me na dobrog podsjetio ;D http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/9055611
Jopy
Common Glider mu je drugo common name

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PublishedAugust 6, 2013

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