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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cyrestis |
| Species: | C. nivea
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Males and females are similar, but females are somewhat paler and have slightly more rounded wings.
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.[2]
Subspecies edit
- Cyrestis nivea nivea (Java)
- Cyrestis nivea nivalis C. & R. Felder, [1867] (southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Pulau Tioma, Sumatra, Borneo)
- Cyrestis nivea pigmentosa Okubo, 1983
- Cyrestis nivea superbus Staudinger (Palawan)
- Cyrestis nivea fadorensis Kheil (Nias)
- Cyrestis nivea tonkiniana Fruhstorfer, 1901 (northern Indo-China)
- Cyrestis nivea baliensis Martin (Bali)
- Cyrestis nivea fruhstorferi Röber (Kangean Island)
- Cyrestis nivea sumbawana Martin (Sumbawa)
References edit
- ^ "Cyrestis Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Learn about Butterflies
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