Bug card No. 3817 of 4,939

Short banded sailer

Phaedyma columella

The short banded sailer is a black butterfly with white stripes and spots. Underneath, its wings are a rusty brown with even wider white markings.

Lives in

South and Southeast Asia, from India to southern China, the Philippines and Indonesia

Top speed

about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)

Can it hurt you?

Harmless

Harmless. It does not bite or sting.

What does it eat?

Like other butterflies, it drinks sweet nectar from flowers through a long tongue.

A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)

Short banded sailer about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)

A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)

cool stuff

Fun facts

The edges of its wings have a fringe of tiny scales in white and black, like a little striped trim.

It lives in a large part of Asia, from India and the Himalayas to southern China, the Philippines and Indonesia.

Scientists count more than 20 different kinds of it, many living on single islands.

you asked

?Where does the short banded sailer live?

In South and Southeast Asia, from India to southern China, the Philippines and Indonesia.

?Is the short banded sailer dangerous?

No. It is a butterfly that cannot bite or sting.

Neptis columella (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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