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title: "Common Sailer"
description: "Neptis hylas — Insecten en spinnen. Neptis hylas, the common sailor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-sailer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Sailer

> Neptis hylas — Insecten en spinnen. Neptis hylas, the common sailor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Neptis hylas*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 17709
- Wikidata: [Q2543812](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2543812)
- iNaturalist taxon: [130339](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130339)

## Names

- en: Common Sailer
- de: Gewöhnlicher Segler

## Countries with the most observations

IN (5581), HK (3135), TW (1288), ID (650), LK (422), SG (375), MY (323), CN (254), JP (249), TH (197), VN (164), MO (117)

## Summary

Neptis hylas, the common sailor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia. It has a characteristic stiff gliding flight achieved by short and shallow wingbeats just above the horizontal. It is also present in Italy in a humid limited zone near Gorizia and Slovenia.
Bengali name: চরবাতাসি

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptis_hylas

## Photo

![Common Sailer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-sailer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109928103

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-sailer?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).