Cyrestis
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Cyrestis is a butterflies genus in the family Nymphalidae
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Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
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Species
- Cyrestis achatesCyrestis achatesCyrestis achates is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in south-east Asia.The larvae feed on Ficus species...
Butler, 1865 - Cyrestis acilia (Godart, [1824])
- Cyrestis andamanensis Staudinger
- Cyrestis adaemon Godman & Salvin, 1879
- Cyrestis camillusCyrestis camillusThe African Map Butterfly is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Africa, from Sierra Leone to Ethiopia and Tanzania and from Kenya to Natal.The wingspan is 42–55 mm....
(Fabricius, 1781) - Cyrestis coclesCyrestis coclesThe Marbled Map is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in parts of Asia.-Description:In the wet-season form both the males and females have a broad transverse median white band on the fore and hind wings. The outer margin of the band is straight while the inner is highly sinuous...
(Fabricius, 1787) - Cyrestis eximia Oberthür, 1879
- Cyrestis heracles Staudinger, 1896
- Cyrestis irmae Forbes, 1885
- Cyrestis kudrati Jumalon, 1975
- Cyrestis luteaCyrestis luteaThe 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...
(Zinken, 1831) - Cyrestis maenalis Erichson, 1834
- Cyrestis nais Wallace, 1869
- Cyrestis niveaCyrestis niveaThe Straight-line Map-wing is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in south-east Asia. The habitat consists of primary and secondary forest at elevations between sea level and about 500 metres....
(Zinken, 1831) - Cyrestis paulinus C. & R. Felder, 1860
- Cyrestis strigata C. & R. Felder, [1867]
- Cyrestis tabula de Nicéville, 1883
- Cyrestis telamon (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cyrestis themire Honrath, [1884]
- Cyrestis theresae de Nicéville, 1894
- Cyrestis thyodamasCyrestis thyodamasThe Common Map is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.-Description:Males and females upperside white, in many specimens pale ochraceous yellow, veins black...
Boisduval, 1846 - Cyrestis thyonneus (Cramer, [1779])