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Typical Sailers
Neptis
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).
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Sailer
speciesNeptis hylas
Pallas' Sailer
speciesNeptis sappho
Hungarian Glider
speciesNeptis rivularis
Southern Sullied Sailer
speciesNeptis clinia
Sullied Brown Sailer
speciesNeptis nata
Chestnut-streaked Sailer
speciesNeptis jumbah
Spotted Sailer
speciesNeptis saclava
Grey Sailer
speciesNeptis leucoporos
Cream-spotted Sailor
speciesNeptis soma
Small Yellow Sailer
speciesNeptis miah
Albizia Sailer
speciesNeptis laeta
Chocolate Sailer
speciesNeptis harita
Dot-dash Sailer
speciesNeptis pryeri
Neptis taiwana
speciesNeptis taiwana
Yellow Sailer
speciesNeptis ananta
Neptis ida
speciesNeptis ida
yellow-eyed plane
speciesNeptis praslini
Broad-banded Sailer
speciesNeptis sankara
Korean yellow sailer
speciesNeptis thisbe
Streaked Sailer
speciesNeptis goochii
Serene Sailer
speciesNeptis serena
Neptis alwina
speciesNeptis alwina
Neptis mindorana
speciesNeptis mindorana
Long-streak Sailor
speciesNeptis philyra
Neptis philyroides
speciesNeptis philyroides
Yerbury's Sailer
speciesNeptis yerburii
Neptis themis
speciesNeptis themis
Nemetes Sailer
speciesNeptis nemetes
Plain Sailer
speciesNeptis cartica
Original Club-dot Sailer
speciesNeptis melicerta
Malayan Sailer
speciesNeptis duryodana
Savanna Sailer
speciesNeptis morosa
Yellow-base Sailer
speciesNeptis metella
Dingy Sailor
speciesNeptis omeroda
Neptis ilos
speciesNeptis ilos
Neptis andetria
speciesNeptis andetria
Himalayan Sailer
speciesNeptis mahendra
False Dingy Sailer
speciesNeptis pseudovikasi
Neptis nitetis
speciesNeptis nitetis
Indian Yellow Sailer
speciesNeptis namba
Neptis vikasi
speciesNeptis vikasi
common club-dot sailer
speciesNeptis agouale
Rich Sailer
speciesNeptis anjana
Variable Sailor
speciesNeptis zaida
Neptis speyeri
speciesNeptis speyeri
Kiriakoff's Sailer
speciesNeptis kiriakoffi
Neptis frobenia
speciesNeptis frobenia
Spotted Sailer
speciesNeptis magadha
Pale Hockeystick Sailer
speciesNeptis manasa
Neptis reducta
speciesNeptis reducta
Neptis kikideli
speciesNeptis kikideli
Neptis beroe
speciesNeptis beroe
Neptis dumetorum
speciesNeptis dumetorum
Neptis nicomedes
speciesNeptis nicomedes
Neptis morosopsis
speciesNeptis morosopsis
Less Rich Sailer
speciesNeptis nashona
Neptis alta
speciesNeptis alta
Neptis armandia
speciesNeptis armandia
Neptis antilope
speciesNeptis antilope
Broadstick Sailer
speciesNeptis narayana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 125517.