''Cyrestis maenalis'', the common mapwing, is a species of
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...
of 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 ...
. 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 Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
.
Subspecies
*''Cyrestis maenalis martini''
Hartert, 1902 (Peninsular Malaya)
*''Cyrestis maenalis maenalis'' (northern Philippines)
*''Cyrestis maenalis negros''
Martin, 1903 (Philippines: Negros)
*''Cyrestis maenalis nigrolineata''
van Eecke, 1914 (Simalue)
*''Cyrestis maenalis obscurior''
Staudinger, 1889 (Philippines: Palawan, Balabac)
*''Cyrestis maenalis oebasius''
Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Philippines: Mindanao)
*''Cyrestis maenalis peropaca''
Hanafusa, 1993 (Indonesia: Mentawai Islands)
*''Cyrestis maenalis rothschildi''
Martin, 1903 (Philippines: Mindoro)
*''Cyrestis maenalis seminigra''
Grose-Smith, 1889 (northern Borneo
*''Cyrestis maenalis subobscurus''
Swinhoe, 1908 (Nias)
*''Cyrestis maenalis zamboangensis''
Jumalon, 1975 (Philippines: western Mindanao)
Gallery
File:Dark Map-wing 01.jpg, Dark Map-wing (''Cyrestis maenalis martini'')
File:Dark Map-wing 02.jpg, Dark Map-wing (''Cyrestis maenalis martini'')
File:Dark Map-wing 03.jpg, Dark Map-wing (''Cyrestis maenalis martini'')
File:Cyrestis maenalis maenalis (Tagaytay, Philippines).jpg, The common mapwing (''Cyrestis maenalis maenalis)''
References
Butterflies described in 1834
Cyrestinae
Butterflies of Borneo
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