Niphanda asialis

Niphanda asialis or White-banded Pierrot is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Niphanda asialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Niphanda
Species:
N.asialis
Binomial name
Niphanda asialis
Synonyms
  • Azanus asialis de Nicéville, 1895
  • Lycaena (Niphanda) marcia Fawcett, 1904
  • Niphanda cyme Fruhstorfer, 1919
  • Lycaena (Niphanda) marcia Fawcett, 1904
  • Niphanda onoma Fruhstorfer, 1919

Subspecies
  • Niphanda asialis asialis (Sumatra, possibly Nias)
  • Niphanda asialis cyme Fruhstorfer, 1919 (Java)
  • Niphanda asialis marcia (Fawcett, 1904) (India to Peninsular Malaysia, southern Yunnan)
  • Niphanda asialis onoma Fruhstorfer, 1919 (Sumatra)

References
  1. de Nicéville, L., 1895. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 10(1): 13–40, 3 pls
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
  • Niphanda at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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