Subspecies
Recognised subspecies: • N. s. saclava – Madagascar • N. s. marpessa Hopffer, 1855 – small spotted sailer, native to southern Nigeria, Cameroon to Ethiopia to Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape only differs [from s.saclava] a little in the narrower median band of the hindwing and the smaller, more widely sepa¬ rated, white spots on the forewing. ==Taxonomy==