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Neptis sappho (Pallas, 1771)

Имаго (Neptis sappho)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Limenitidinae → tribe Limenitidini → genus Neptis → species Neptis sappho

Species name(s)

Neptis sappho (Pallas, 1771) = Neptis aceris = Papilio sappho Pallas, 1771 = Papilio lucilla Schrank, 1801 = Papilio plautilla Hübner, [1799-1800] = intermedia Hormuzaki, 1897 = yessonensis Fruhstorfer, 1913 = Neptis hylas curvata Matsumura, 1929 = uchidai Nakamura, 1931. [9, 10, 85]

Common Glider.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8586

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Larva lifespan

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Имаго (Neptis sappho)

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Neptis aceris. [85].

Distribution

  • Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, the Czech Republic, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Greece (mainland), Italy (mainland), Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Croatia, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Medium Ural, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian,South Ural. [3].
  • Range: Eastern Europe (the western border of the range passes through Austria and the former Yugoslavia), Central Asia and Japan. If anything — there is one in Russia, too. In the western and southern parts, as well as in Siberia. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The black-brown wings are speckled with long white stripes with white spots. The species is divided into many geographical varieties. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Habitats: forest-steppes, hillsides, shrubby thickets. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Sappho flies in May—June and, in the case of the second generation, in July-September. [85].

General info about Larva

  • The caterpillar is yellowish-brown with a white-green saddle. Appearance is similar to the larva of the mottled meadowsweet. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Lathyrus. [28].
  • Сочевичник весенний (он же чина весенняя). [85].

Larva lifespan

  • The caterpillar is active from June to May of the following year (in the case of the second generation, some of the caterpillars pupate in the first year). [85].

Pupa

  • The pupa is yellow, with two outgrowths. Spring pupae have spots with a metallic tint, which are not typical for summer pupae. [85].

Overwintering stage

  • Neptis sappho overwinters at the caterpillar stage. [85].

Subspecies of Neptis sappho

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgenie Bezgrebelnyj, Igor Sakhno.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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