''Chersonesia'' is an

Indomalayan The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...

butterfly genus in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...

. The common name is maplet.

Description

This genus is very close to the genus ''

Cyrestis ''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 ra ...

'' from which it differs by the venation of the forewing of which only the first subcostal vein originates before the end of the cell, the second originating between the apex of the cell and the base of the third subcostal vein.All ''Chersonesia'' have a rich yellow or orange ground-colour; the markings are black, consisting in the three well-known meridional stripes of which the basal and middle one are always double, whereas the third one, which is nearest the margin, is generally single (only two species having it double),not clearly defined and often widening out to a band; the other markings are a submarginal band formed of three components and adorned on the hindwing either by a blue ornamental line or in the majority of cases with a distinct ocellate chain, and finally a delicate marginal line.Seitz, A. 1912–1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter''. ''The Macrolepidoptera of the World'' 9: 1–76
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Taxonomy

The genus ''Chersonesia'' was described by

William Lucas Distant William Lucas Distant (12 November 1845 Rotherhithe – 4 February 1922 Wanstead) was an English entomologist. Biography Early years Distant was born in Rotherhithe, the son of whaling captain Alexander Distantspecies:B.R. Subba Rao, Rao, B.R ...

in 1883. The name of this genus refers to the Malay Peninsula ( Chersonese )

Species

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Chersonesia excellens ''Chersonesia'' is an Indomalayan realm, Indomalayan butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. The common name is maplet. Description This genus is very close to the genus ''Cyrestis'' from which it differs by the venation of the forewing of w ...

'' (Martin, 1903) *'' Chersonesia intermedia'' Martin, 1895 *'' Chersonesia nicevillei'' Martin, 1895 *'' Chersonesia peraka'' Distant, 1884 *'' Chersonesia rahria'' (Moore,

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*'' Chersonesia rahrioides'' Moore,

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/small> *'' Chersonesia risa'' (Doubleday,

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References

Cyrestinae Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by William Lucas Distant Taxa described in 1883 {{Nymphalidae-stub