Subspecies in India
(1) Neptis hylas varmona Moore, 1872 – Indian Common Sailer
(2) Neptis hylas andamana Moore, 1877 – Andaman Common Sailer
(3) Neptis hylas nicobarica Moore, 1877 – Car Nicobar Common Sailer
(4) Neptis hylas sambilanga Evans, 1932 – South Nicobar Common Sailer
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Assam | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Bihar | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | |||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 38 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 38 | |
| Kerala | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | |||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Maharashtra | 48 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 40 | 97 | 70 | |
| Manipur | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| Total | 106 | 70 | 36 | 40 | 23 | 14 | 24 | 25 | 55 | 99 | 171 | 159 |
Neptis hylas varmona - Bombax (Robinson et al. 2010), Bombax ceiba (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Bombacaceae). Hevea brasiliensis (Robinson et al. 2010) (Euphorbiaceae). Fabaceae (Bell 1910c), Canavalia ensiformis (Robinson et al. 2010), Canavalia gladiata (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Flemingia (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Lathyrus (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Mucuna purpurea (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Paracalyx (Robinson et al. 2010), Paracalyx scariosus (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Rhynchosia (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Vigna cylindrica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Vigna unguiculata (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Xylia xylocarpa (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Fabaceae). Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Icacinaceae). Malvaceae (Bell 1910c), Corchorus (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Grewia (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Helicteres isora (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Triumfetta (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Urena lobata (Kalesh & Prakash 2015) (Malvaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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Page citation
Saji, K., A. Soman, M. Bhakare & Manoj P 2025. Neptis hylas (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Sailer. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/neptis-hylas, accessed 2025/10/30.