Hestina persimilis Westwood, 1850

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Apaturinae → genus Hestina → species Hestina persimilis

Species name(s)

Hestina persimilis Westwood, 1850 = persimilis (Westwood, 1850) = Hestina persimilis persimilis. [9, 85]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Indo-Malayan.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Detailed information with references

Larva food plants / other food objects

Celtis australis. [9].

Subspecies of Hestina persimilis

Hestina persimilis chinensis (Leech, 1890). [9]
H. p. persimilis. [9]
H. p. zella Butler, 1869. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Kravtsov, Alex Dumchus.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015

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Hestina ouvradi Riley, 1939

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