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

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

References

↑ Hestina funet.fi

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