Neptis cartica, the plain sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia.[1]

Plain sailer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. cartica
Binomial name
Neptis cartica
Moore, 1872
Synonyms
  • Neptis burmana de Nicéville, 1886

Subspecies

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  • Neptis cartica cartica (Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, northern Burma, northern Vietnam)
  • Neptis cartica burmana de Nicéville, 1886 (southern Burma, northern Thailand)
  • Neptis cartica pagoda Yoshino, 1997 (Yunnan)

References

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  1. ^ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms