List of Butterflies and Moths Available or Previously Available in the UK Butterfly House Trade

Ongoing, feel free to contact me with omitted species and evidence of their availability past or present in the UK. Thanks, Viv.

Common Sailer

Neptis hylas, the common sailor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and South-East Asia. It has a characteristic stiff gliding flight achieved by short and shallow wingbeats just above the horizontal. For the other butterfly called the common sailor, see Neptis laeta.

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