Chersonesia rahria

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

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

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
  1. "Chersonesia Distant, 1883" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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