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Cyrestis lutea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Cyrestis lutea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cyrestis

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Cyrestis acilia, Cyrestis nivea, Cyrestis, Cyrestis achates, Cyrestis camillus

Cyrestis lutea, the orange straight-line map-wing or little map-wing, 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

    Cyrestis lutea Wikipedia