''Neptis miah'', the small yellow sailer, is a

nymphalid The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

butterfly found in

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, and

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eastward to western

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Hainan Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...

and

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

. Seven subspecies have been identified. The Guangdong subspecies belongs to ''N. miah disopa'' Swinhoe and the Hainan subspecies is considered as ''N. miah nolana'' Druce. StabrobatesMiah 299

The whole

Neptini The Limenitidinae are a subfamily of butterflies that includes the admirals and relatives. The common names of many species and genera reference military ranks or – namely the Adoliadini – titles of nobility (e.g., count, duke, earl, an ...

tribe is a difficult group and many species are alike. In fact, there may be a few unrecorded species flying in Hong Kong, which may be mistaken as the common '' N. hordonia'' or other brownish ''Neptis'', like '' N. clinia'' Moore.

References

miah Miah (মিঞা / মিয়া), is a Bengali language, Bengali word used to refer to a ''gentleman'' and is also used as a surname. People with the surname * Abu Taher (banker), Abu Taher Miah (c.1932–2004), Bangladeshi industrialist and ...

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