Hestina persimilis

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]

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

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

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