Chersonesia nicevillei
| Chersonesia nicevillei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Chersonesia |
| Species: | C. niceville
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| Binomial name | |
| Chersonesia niceville Martin, 1895[1]
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Chersonesia niceville is an Indomalayan butterfly in the family Nymphalidae (Cyrestinae). It is found in Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.[2]
Description
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Chersonesia nicevilleis a very interesting species, larger than peraka, having the ground-colour brillant dark orange-yellow, all the meridional stripes double, the two basal ones dusted with fuscous; the black streaks marking the end of the cell on the forewing stand basally to the second meridional stripe; the first meridional stripe is of very irregular shape,broken up into 3—4 spots; the submarginal band on the forewing is likewise remarkable for being twice interrupted, once on the first median nervule where between the lowest link of the row and the next following very large one above it, a rather broad strip of the ground-colour intervenes, and again on the third median nervule which is surrounded as far as the terminal border by a strip of the ground-colour. The hindwing displaysa very distinct ocellate chain and, continuing in a straight line, two anal ocelli. Tail barely visible, whereas the anal projection is indicated by the broadening of the inner marginal line. Under surface paler, but withvery dark markings. A very rare species, the type of which is in the Tring Museum. 4 males in the Martin Collection.[3]
References
- ^ Martin, 1895 Einige neue Tagschmetterlinge von Nordost Sumatra (Fortsetzung) Einige Tagschmett. [2]: 1-14
- ^ "Chersonesia Distant, 1883" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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