Lasippa tiga
Lasippa tiga camboja
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L. tiga
Binomial name
Lasippa tiga
(Moore, 1858)[1]

Lasippa tiga, the Malayan lascar, is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Frederic Moore in 1858. The larva feeds on Cratoxylon species (shrubs or small to medium-sized trees).[2]

Subspecies

  • L. t. tiga Java
  • L. t. camboja (Moore, 1879) Assam to Thailand, Langkawi
  • L. t. siaka (Moore, 1881) Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra
  • L. t. niasana (Fruhstorfer, 1900) Nias
  • L. t. siberuta (Corbet, 1942) Mentawai

References

  1. Moore (1858). "A monograph of the Asiatic Species of Neptis and Athyma, two Genera of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Family Nymphalidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1858 (347/348): 3-20, pl. 49-51.
  2. d'Abrera, Bernard (1983). Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part II: Nymphalidae, Satyridae, Amathusidae. 290 pp. Hill House, Melbourne.
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