Hestina persimilis
Appearance
Hestina persimilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Hestina |
Species: | H. persimilis
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Binomial name | |
Hestina persimilis (Westwood, [1850])
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Hestina persimilis, the siren, is an East Palearctic species of siren butterfly (Apaturinae) found in western China, Simla to Assam, Orissa. The larva feeds on Celtis australis.[1]
Subspecies
[edit]- H. p. persimilis (Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan)
- H. p. zella Butler, 1869 (Kashmir)
- H. p. chinensis (Leech, 1890) (West China)
References
[edit]- ^ "Hestina Westwood, [1850]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms