Neptis miah
Neptis miah, the small yellow sailer, is a nymphalid butterfly found in India, Bhutan, Thailand, and Malaysia eastward to western China, Hainan and Guangdong.[1][2] Seven subspecies have been identified. The Guangdong subspecies belongs to N. miah disopa Swinhoe and the Hainan subspecies is considered as N. miah nolana Druce.
Neptis miah specimens
| Small yellow sailer | |
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| Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. miah |
| Binomial name | |
| Neptis miah Moore, 1858 | |
The whole Neptini tribe is a difficult group and many species are alike. In fact, there may be a few unrecorded species flying in Hong Kong, which may be mistaken as the common N. hordonia or other brownish Neptis, like N. clinia Moore.
References
- Horsfield, Thomas (1857). A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company: By Thomas Horsfield and Frederic Moore. I. Wm. H. Allen & Company. pp. 164–165.
- 俊彦, 片山 (2014). "インド北西部で発見されたキイロコミスジNeptis miah". Butterflies (Teinopalpus) = バタフライズ (in Japanese) (66): 56–58.
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