Hestina persimilis

Hestina persimilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hestina
Species:	H. persimilis
Binomial name
	Hestina persimilis; (Westwood, [1850])
Synonyms
	Diadema persimilis Westwood, [1850]; Hestina zella Butler, 1869; Euripus japonicus var. chinensis Leech, 1890; Hestina subviridis Leech, 1891; Hestina yankowskyi Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891; Hestina subviridis f. yankowskii Stichel in Seitz;

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

H. p. persimilis (Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan)
H. p. zella Butler, 1869 (Kashmir)
H. p. chinensis (Leech, 1890) (West China)

References

^ "Hestina Westwood, [1850]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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[1] "Hestina Westwood, [1850]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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