Cyrestis lutea

Cyrestis lutea
Cyrestis lutea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cyrestis
Species: C. lutea
Binomial name
Cyrestis lutea
(Zinken, 1831)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amathusia lutea Zinken, 1831

The Orange Straight-line Map-wing or Little Map-wing (Cyrestis lutea) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Indonesia.

Thin lines run down the wings of and form evenly spaced columns. Together with the horizontal wing veins, the lines form a grid of squares.

Subspecies

  • Cyrestis lutea lutea (Java)
  • Cyrestis lutea doliones Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Bali)

References

  1. ^ Cyrestis at funet
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