Chersonesia rahria

Chersonesia rahria

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Chersonesia
Species:	C. rahria
Binomial name
*Chersonesia rahria* (Moore, [1858])
Synonyms
Cyrestis rahria Moore, [1858] Cyrestis rahria ingens van Eecke, 1918 Chersonesia tiomana Pendlebury, 1933 Chersonesia rahria var. apicusta Hagen, 1898 Chersonesia rahria var. apicusta Hagen, 1902 Cyrestis celebensis Rothschild, 1892

Chersonesia rahria is an Indomalayan butterfly of the Nymphalidae family (Cyrestinae) . It is found from Manipur and Naga Hills to Burma. then from Borneo to Celebes.^[1]

Subspecies

C. r. rahria (Peninsular Malaya, Java, Sumatra, Borneo)
C. r. tiomana Pendlebury, 1933 (Pulau Tioman)
C. r. apicusta Hagen, 1898 (Mentawai Islands)
C. r. sanna Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Batu Island)
C. r. celebensis (Rothschild, 1892) (Sulawesi)
C. r. mangolina Fruhstorfer, 1899 (Sula Islands)
C. r. banggaina Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1985 (Banggai)

References

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