Cirrochroa satellita

Cirrochroa satellita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cirrochroa
Species:
C. satellita
Binomial name
Cirrochroa satellita
Butler, 1869

Cirrochroa satellita is an Indomalayan species of heliconiine butterfly.[1][2]

Under surface a lovely bright yellow growing darker towards the margin. Both wings are traversed by a broad white band which is bordered on either side with red, turning straw-coloured toward the costa in the forewings. The hindwings contain also a row of black spots, as is usual in Cirrochroa, but less complete. [3]

Subspecies

  • C. s. satellita (Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Philippines)
  • C. s. illergata Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Borneo, Palawan)

References

  1. ^ "Cirrochroa Doubleday, [1847]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Cirrochroa satellita". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  3. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.