Hestina japonica is an East Palearctic species of siren butterfly found in Japan (H. j. japonica) and Korea ( H. j. seoki).[1]

Hestina japonica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hestina
Species:
H. japonica
Binomial name
Hestina japonica
(C. & R. Felder, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Apatura japonica C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Diadema diagoras Hewitson, 1863

Subspecies

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  • Hestina japonica japonica Japan
  • Hestina japonica seoki Shirôzu, 1955 (Korea)

References

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  1. ^ "Hestina Westwood, [1850]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms