Hestina persimilis
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Species of butterfly
| Hestina persimilis | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this 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
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