Hestina persimilis

Hestina persimilis
Scientific classification
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 found in West China, Simla to Assam, Orissa. The larva feeds on Celtis australis.[1]

Subspecies

References

  1. Hestina funet.fi
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