#3015 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Pallas' Sailer

🇳🇱 Lathyruszwever ·Neptis sappho

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © 茶棚 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Богинский Евгений Иванович · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © onidiras-iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Kazanlak, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0
5. Mladost, Sofia, Bulgaria:© no rights reserved · CC0
6. 34170 Gorizia GO, Italia:© Luca Sattin · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Tomesti, Rumänien:© Markus Dumke · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Termalquelle Rupi, Petrich, Strumatal, Bulgarien:© Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Lobau, Wien, Österreich:© drosophila · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Jennersdorf, Österreich:© lastovka · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Neptis sappho , the Pallas' sailer or common glider , is a nymphalid butterfly found in Central Europe, Russia, India and other parts of temperate Asia and Japan.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,356iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
9,356 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1771 (255 years ago).