Bug card No. 2306 of 4,939

Hungarian glider

Neptis rivularis

Eats: Plants ButterfliesForests and woods6 legs

The Hungarian glider is a black butterfly with bright white bands and spots on its wings. It floats gracefully through forests. Underneath, its wings are rusty brown with the same white pattern.

Lives in

Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Central Asia and east to Japan, in forests

Top speed

about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)

Flying, estimate

Can it hurt you?

Harmless

Harmless. It does not bite or sting.

What does it eat?

Its caterpillars eat the leaves of spiraea bushes.

Photo of Hungarian glider — Picture by Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

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

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

Hungarian glider about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)

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

cool stuff

Fun facts

Its back wings have a wide white half-circle band, broken only by thin dark veins.

The very edges of its wings are trimmed with a thin white line.

It looks almost exactly like its cousin, the common glider.

you asked

Most asked questions about Hungarian glider

?What does the Hungarian glider eat?

Its caterpillars eat spiraea leaves.

?Where does the Hungarian glider live?

In forests from Central Europe across Russia and Asia to Japan.

For bug experts

Scientific name: Neptis rivularis
Group: Butterflies
Family: Nymphalidae
Classification: Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
Lives on: Europe, Asia

Where the facts come from

Neptis rivularis (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 Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

If we got something wrong, sorry, we are bug fans, not a science journal. Tell us at [email protected] and we will fix it.

Bug Wiki honey jar For grown-ups: Bug Wiki is free, with no ads and no tracking. A small tip helps keep it online.Leave a tip