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title: "Lathyruszwever"
description: "Neptis sappho — Insecten en spinnen. Neptis sappho, the Pallas' sailer or common glider, is a nymphalid butterfly found in Central Europe, Russia, India and other parts of temperate Asia and Japan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/pallas-sailer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lathyruszwever

> Neptis sappho — Insecten en spinnen. Neptis sappho, the Pallas' sailer or common glider, is a nymphalid butterfly found in Central Europe, Russia, India and other parts of temperate Asia and Japan.

- Scientific name: *Neptis sappho*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8763
- Wikidata: [Q1300802](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1300802)
- iNaturalist taxon: [125563](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125563)

## Names

- en: Pallas' Sailer
- de: Schwarzbrauner Trauerfalter
- es: Neptis Menor
- fr: Sylvain de la gesse
- nl: Lathyruszwever
- pl: Pasyn debrak

## Countries with the most observations

PL (2030), RU (1252), JP (905), CN (784), KR (574), AT (296), UA (294), RO (273), HU (232), TW (170), RS (158), HR (142)

## Summary

Neptis sappho, the Pallas' sailer or common glider, is a nymphalid butterfly found in Central Europe, Russia, India and other parts of temperate Asia and Japan.
The wingspan is 40–46 mm.The upper side of the forewings is black or black-brown in ground colour with a band of white spots. Two white, wedge-shaped spots are also found between the band and the wing base. The underside is rusty brown and otherwise shows the same white markings as the upper side. The upper side of the hind wings is also black or black-brown in colour with a broad inner and a narrow outer band, each white with a white band, which are only…

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

## Photo

![Lathyruszwever](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pallas-sailer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Harukano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208962332

## Machine access

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