''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 ...

butterfly found in

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, Myanmar (Burma) and

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eastward to western

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Hainan Hainan is an island provinces of China, province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration. The name literally mean ...

and

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

. 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 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.

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

Butterflies of Malaysia Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies described in 1858 Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Limenitidinae-stub