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:''The genus ''Neptis'' established by Hübner in 1819 is invalid; see ''Vila (butterfly). ''Neptis'' is a large genus of butterflies of Old World tropics subtropics.〔Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2006. Neptis Fabricius 1807. Neptidomima Holland 1920. Version 9 December 2006 ()〕 They are commonly called sailer butterflies or sailers, or more precisely typical sailers to distinguish them from the related blue sailer (''Pseudoneptis''). ==Description== :''See glossary for terms used'' The head is rather broad and moderately hairy on the forehead.The eyes are large and prominent. The palpi are short, acute, slender, hairy, and do not rise above the level of the forehead. The antennae are moderately long,terminating in an elongate, gradually-formed club, flattened on its upper surface.The thorax is not robust and it is as broad as the head and slightly hairy posteriorly.The wing characters are: fore-wings elongate, rather truncate; costa only slightly arched; apex not acute, but well marked ; hind-margin slightly convex and sinuated ; anal angle distinct ; inner-margin convex near base, slightly concave about middle. Hind-wings large, rounded ; costa strongly arched ; hind-margin moderately dentate ; innermargins only slightly convex, not covering posterior portion of the abdomen. Upperside patterning consists of white spots and bars (some species have orange or yellow bars) on a black ground colour.Underside patterns are yellowish to reddish-brown, alternating with white bands The legs are rather short and stout. The abdomen is slender, much compressed and rather elongate. The head of the larva is very large and bifid on its summit. There is a pair of downy, elongate, tubercular processes, projecting laterally, on both the second and third segments—those on the third segment are much longer. There is an upright pyramidal process on the penultimate (?) segment and the body is attenuated posteriorly. The pupa is strongly curved (thick in central portion). The head is deeply bifid. File:BimbisaraNashona 288 1.jpg|''Neptis nashona'' showing undersides (verso).In ''Neptis'' both sexes have similar wing markings but females are larger File:EntNews3PlateIXNeptis.jpg | African ''Neptis'' .Distinguishing the species involves study of the configuration of the white spots, bars and submarginal lines on both wing surfaces. File:TransEntSocLond1921Plate21.jpg| African ''Neptis'' Plate accompanying a classic study by Eltringham File:HorsfieldMoorCatalogueEastIndiaCompanyLepidopteraPlateV.jpg|larva and pupa figures 10, 10a 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Neptis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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