Cyrestis cassander

Updated on Dec 19, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cyrestis

Similar Cyrestis maenalis, Cepora aspasia, Graphium codrus, Charaxes latona, Eurema sari

Cyrestis cassander is an Indomalayan butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. 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)

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

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