Cyrestis heracles

Cyrestis heracles

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae

Cyrestis is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. They are known as map butterflies, so named because the wing-markings of some species resemble the lines of latitude and longitude of a world map. Cyrestis is a widespread genus ranging from Africa to parts of the Indomalayan realm and parts of the Australasian realm (New Guinea).

Distribution

Cyrestis heracles — (c) Maf Yunda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Maf Yunda · CC-BY

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Sources and credits

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Cyrestis heracles

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