Neptis hylas Linnaeus, 1758 – Common Sailer

Neptis hylas Linnaeus, 1758 – Common Sailer

Physical Description Of Under-wings:

The underside of Neptis hylas is pale golden ochraceous to dark ochraceous almost chocolate. white markings as on the upperside, but broader and defined in black. Forewing: interspaces 1a and 1 from base to near the apex shaded with black, some narrow transverse white markings on either side of the transverse postdiscal series of small spots. Hindwing a streak of white on costal margin at base, a more slender white streak below it; the discal and subterminal pale lines of the upperside replaced by narrow white lines with still narrower margins of black. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen black; the palpi, thorax and abdomen beneath dusky white.

Physical Description Of Upper-wings:

Neptis hylas is black from the under side with pure white markings. Forewing discoidal streak clavate (club shaped), apically truncate, subapically either notched or sometimes indistinctly divided; triangular spot beyond broad, well defined, acute at apex, but not elongate; discal series of spots separate, not connate (united), each about twice as long as broad; postdiscal transverse series of small spots incomplete, but some are always present. Hindwing: subbasal band of even or nearly oven width; discal and subterminal pale lines obscure; postdiscal series of spots well separated, quadrate or subquadrate, very seldom narrow

Scientific classification of Common Sailer butterfly- 

Kingdom: Animalia
Phulum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Spalgis.

Bio-data Of Common Sailer Butterfly- 

Genus: Neptis Fabricius, 1807
Species: hylas Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies: papaja Moore, 1875
Wingspan of Adult Butterfly: 50mm 
Caterpillar Local Host Plants: Calopogonium mucunoides (Fabaceae),Canavalia cathartica (Fabaceae), Aeschynomene americana (Fabaceae),Senna alata (Fabaceae), Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (Fabaceae), Centrosema molle (Fabaceae).

Local Distribution:

Naptis hylas may found in all over the Bangladesh. It's also found in Southern Indian Region and South East region of Asia.