Nymphalidae Limenitidinae Limenitidini Neptis rivularis Euphydryas aurinia
Neptis sappho (Pallas, 1771)
Common Glider

Genus: Neptis Fabricius, 1807   Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758

Synonims (species):
   aceris Esper, [1783]

N. sappho (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult, Hungary, June 4, 2002
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
N. sappho (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult, Hungary, June 4, 2002
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
N. sappho (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult, NW of Eger, Zar ret, Hungary, August 11, 2004
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
N. sappho (© Jiri Tichota)
Adult, Petrovce, Slovakia, May 3, 2003
(Photo by Jiri Tichota)
N. sappho (© Jiri Tichota)
Adult, Petrovce, Slovakia, June 23, 2002
(Photo by Jiri Tichota)
N. sappho (© Oleg Kosterin)
Adult, woody bank of the pond on the Zyryanka Rivulet within the Botanical Garden, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia, June 8, 1998
(Photo by Oleg Kosterin, WildLife photography in Siberia and Central Asia)
N. sappho (© Jiri Tichota)
Larva, Petrovce, Slovakia, June 16, 2002
(Photo by Jiri Tichota)
N. sappho (© Jiri Tichota)
Larva, Petrovce, Slovakia, June 10, 2002
(Photo by Jiri Tichota)
N. sappho (© Jiri Tichota)
Pupa, Petrovce, Slovakia, June 19, 2002
(Photo by Jiri Tichota)
N. sappho (© Jiri Tichota)
Eggs, Petrovce, Slovakia, May 15, 2002
(Photo by Jiri Tichota)
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Foodplants:
Lathyrus

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