Straight-line Map-Wing

Cyrestis nivea

"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.
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Appearance

Males and females are similar, but females are somewhat paler and have slightly more rounded wings.

Naming

*"Cyrestis nivea nivea"
⤷ "Cyrestis nivea nivalis" C. & R. Felder, [1867]
⤷ "Cyrestis nivea pigmentosa" Okubo, 1983
⤷ "Cyrestis nivea superbus" Staudinger
⤷ "Cyrestis nivea fadorensis" Kheil
⤷ "Cyrestis nivea tonkiniana" Fruhstorfer, 1901
⤷ "Cyrestis nivea baliensis" Martin
⤷ "Cyrestis nivea fruhstorferi" Röber
⤷ "Cyrestis nivea sumbawana" Martin

Food

The larvae are green and covered with tiny pale tubercules. There is a long curved dark purplish spiky horn on the fifth and eleventh segments.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusCyrestis
SpeciesC. nivea
Photographed in
Malaysia