Paralaxita telesia

Paralaxita telesia
	Mounted specimen from Borneo
	Underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Nemeobiinae
Genus:	Paralaxita
Species:	P. telesia
Binomial name
	Paralaxita telesia; (Hewitson, 1861)
Synonyms
	Taxila telesia Hewitson, 1861 ; Laxita lyclene de Nicéville, 1894 ; Laxita telesia ines Fruhstorfer, 1904 ; Laxita telesia lychnitis Fruhstorfer, 1904 ; Laxita telesia pistyrus Fruhstorfer, 1914 ;

Paralaxita telesia, the common red harlequin, is a species in the butterfly family Riodinidae.

Subspecies

P. t. lyclene (de Nicéville, 1894) - Peninsular Malaya, southern Thailand
P. t. boulleti (Fruhstorfer, [1914]) – Thailand
P. t. lychnitis (Fruhstorfer, 1904) - north-eastern Sumatra
P. t. pistyrus (Fruhstorfer, 1914) south-eastern Borneo

Common red Harlequin (Paralaxita telesia) from South Vietnam

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Description

Paralaxita telesia has a wingspan of about 35–45 millimetres (1.4–1.8 in). In males both wings are mainly dark brown, with a crimson apex and a whitish large spot on the forewings. Underside is carmine with bands and spots of blue and black. The apex of the forewings is rufous. Hindwings are crossed near the outer margin by a band of light blue and a band of light yellow, each bordered with black.^[2]