Hestina persimilis explained

Hestina persimilis, the siren, is an East Palearctic species of siren butterfly (Apaturinae) found in western China, Simla to Assam, Orissa. The larva feeds on Celtis australis.^[1]

Subspecies

• H. p. persimilis (Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan)
• H. p. zella Butler, 1869 (Kashmir)
• H. p. chinensis (Leech, 1890) (West China)

Notes and References

1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/apaturinae/hestina/ "Hestina Westwood, [1850]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms