Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Letter N

This week is Letter N – Needs to start with the letter N.

Neptis hylas (Common Sailor) in my backyard

Neophron percnopterus (Egyptian Vulture), Muscat, Oman.

Novel (a gift from a dear friend)

Neptis hylas

Or Common Sailor.

9.236.365 Sailor on the roof

Common Sailor, resting on the roof. It was too good an opportunity to pass up. 🙂

8.224.365 Neptis hylas

Neptis hylas or the Common Sailor has a characteristic stiff gliding flight achieved by short and shallow wingbeats just above the horizontal. (Wiki)

6.164.365 Common Sailors

I am not really good at this, photographing butterflies dancing around each other all over the place. But still, here it is, a picture of a pair of Common Sailors, my first attempt at catching non-stationary butterflies.

1.14.365 Common Sailer

365.261.10 Common Sailer

Neptis hylas, sometimes known as the Common Sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It has a characteristic stiff gliding flight achieved by short and shallow wingbeats just above the horizontal. (Wiki)