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Cyrestis cassander

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Cyrestis cassander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cyrestis
Species:
C. cassander
Binomial name
Cyrestis cassander
C. & R. Felder, 1863

Cyrestis cassander is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Subspecies

  • Cyrestis cassander cassander C.& R.Felder, 1863 (Batanes, Luzon, Marinduque, Mindoro)
  • Cyrestis cassander dacebalus Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Balabac, Camotes, Dinagat, Guimaras, Leyte, Samar)
  • Cyrestis cassander orchomenus Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Basilan, Mindanao)
  • Cyrestis cassander thessa Fruhstorfer, 1889 (Balabac, Calamian group, Palawan)

Taxonomy

The species is often listed as C. p. cassander, a subspecies of Cyrestis paulinus.[1]

References

  1. ^ Cyrestis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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