Niphanda asialis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Niphanda |
| Species: | N. asialis
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| Niphanda asialis (de Nicéville, 1895)[1]
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Niphanda asialis or White-banded Pierrot is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Niphanda asialis asialis (Sumatra, possibly Nias)
- Niphanda asialis cyme Fruhstorfer, 1919 (Java)
- Niphanda asialis marcia (Fawcett, 1904) (India to Peninsular Malaysia, southern Yunnan)
- Niphanda asialis onoma Fruhstorfer, 1919 (Sumatra)
References
[edit]- ^ de Nicéville, L., 1895. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 10(1): 13–40, 3 pls
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
External links
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- Niphanda at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms