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Neptis sappho (Pallas' Sailer)

Synonyms: Papilio aceris (heterotypic); Papilio sappho (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Pallas' Sailer (Neptis sappho) is a nymphalid butterfly found in Central Europe, Russia, India and other parts of temperate Asia and Japan. The wingspan is 40–46 mm. The larvae feed on Lathyrus vernus, Lathyrus niger and Robinia pseudoacacia.
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Infraspecies

Neptis sappho astola
Neptis sappho formosana
Neptis sappho intermedia
Neptis sappho sappho
Neptis sappho yessonensis

Prey / Diet

Lathyrus humilis[1]
Lathyrus vernus (spring-vetch)[1]
Lespedeza bicolor (shrubby lespedeza)[1]
Pueraria montana (Kudzu vine)[1]
Robinia pseudoacacia (Post locust)[1]

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Sophora flavescens (Ku Shen)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0