Cyrestis nivea, the straight-line map-wing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South-East Asia. The habitat consists of primary and secondary forest at elevations between sea level and about 500 metres.[2]

Straight-line map-wing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cyrestis
Species:
C. nivea
Binomial name
Cyrestis nivea
(Zinken, 1831)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amathusia nivea Zinken, 1831
  • Cyrestis nivalis C. & R. Felder, [1867]

Subspecies

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  • Cyrestis nivea nivea (Java)
  • Cyrestis nivea nivalis C. & R. Felder, [1867] (southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Pulau Tioma, Sumatra, Borneo)
  • Cyrestis nivea pigmentosa Okubo, 1983
  • Cyrestis nivea superbus Staudinger (Palawan)
  • Cyrestis nivea fadorensis Kheil (Nias)
  • Cyrestis nivea tonkiniana Fruhstorfer, 1901 (northern Indo-China)
  • Cyrestis nivea baliensis Martin (Bali)
  • Cyrestis nivea fruhstorferi Röber (Kangean Island)
  • Cyrestis nivea sumbawana Martin (Sumbawa)

References

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  1. ^ "Cyrestis Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Learn about Butterflies