''Cyrestis'' is a 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 have a re ...

. 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

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to parts of the Indomalayan realm and parts of the

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Species

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Cyrestis achates ''Cyrestis achates'' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-east Asia. The larvae feed on '' Ficus'' species. They feed in large groups. Subspecies *''Cyrestis achates achates'' (Aru to West Irian to Papua and Goodeno ...

'' Butler, 1865 *''

Cyrestis acilia ''Cyrestis acilia '' is a butterfly 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 ...

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Cyrestis andamanensis ''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 ...

'' Staudinger *'' Cyrestis adaemon'' Godman & Salvin, 1879 *''

Cyrestis camillus ''Cyrestis camillus'', the African map butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa, from Sierra Leone to Ethiopia and Tanzania and from Kenya to Natal. The wingspan is 42–55 mm. The larvae feed on '' Morus ...

'' (Fabricius, 1781) *'' Cyrestis cassander'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 *''

Cyrestis cocles ''Cyrestis cocles'', the marbled map, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in parts of Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinen ...

'' (Fabricius, 1787) *''

Cyrestis heracles ''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 ...

'' Staudinger, 1896 *'' Cyrestis irmae'' Forbes, 1885 *''

Cyrestis kudrati ''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 ...

'' Jumalon, 1975 *''

Cyrestis lutea ''Cyrestis lutea'', the orange straight-line map-wing or little map-wing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania betw ...

'' (Zinken, 1831) *'' Cyrestis maenalis'' Erichson, 1834 *'' Cyrestis nais'' Wallace, 1869 *''

Cyrestis nivea ''Cyrestis nivea'', the straight-line map-wing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South-East Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern As ...

'' (Zinken, 1831) *''

Cyrestis paulinus ''Cyrestis telamon '' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Malay Archipelago. The larva feeds on ''Streblus ilicifolius ''Taxotrophis ilicifolia'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Moraceae. Its ...

'' C. & R. Felder, 1860 *''

Cyrestis tabula ''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 ...

'' de Nicéville, 1883 *''

Cyrestis telamon ''Cyrestis telamon '' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Indonesia (Maluku Islands The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''

Cyrestis themire ''Cyrestis themire '' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Malay archipelago. Subspecies *''C. t. themire'' Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Tonkin *''C. t. pemanggilensis'' Eliot, 1978 Pulau Pemanggil *''C. t. adrian ...

'' Honrath,

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Cyrestis theresae ''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 ...

'' de Nicéville, 1894 *''

Cyrestis thyodamas ''Cyrestis thyodamas'', the common map, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Description Males and female ...

'' Boisduval, 1846 *''

Cyrestis thyonneus ''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 ...

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Cyrestinae Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval {{Nymphalidae-stub