Lasippa tiga
| Lasippa tiga | |
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| Lasippa tiga camboja | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Lasippa |
| Species: | L. tiga
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| Binomial name | |
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Lasippa tiga, the Malayan lascar, is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Frederic Moore in 1858. The larva feeds on Cratoxylon species (shrubs or small to medium-sized trees).[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Lasippa tiga tiga Java
- Lasippa tiga camboja (Moore, 1879) Assam to Thailand, Langkawi
- Lasippa tiga siaka (Moore, 1881) Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra
- Lasippa tiga niasana (Fruhstorfer, 1900) Nias
- Lasippa tiga siberuta (Corbet, 1942) Mentawai
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Lasippa tiga.
- ^ Moore (1858). "A monograph of the Asiatic Species of Neptis and Athyma, two Genera of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Family Nymphalidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1858 (347/348): 3-20, pl. 49-51.
- ^ d'Abrera, Bernard (1983). Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part II: Nymphalidae, Satyridae, Amathusidae. 290 pp. Hill House, Melbourne.