''Cyrestis nivea'', the straight-line map-wing, is a

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of the family

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. It is found in

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. The habitat consists of primary and secondary forest at elevations between sea level and about 500 metres. Males and females are similar, but females are somewhat paler and have slightly more rounded wings. The larvae are green and covered with tiny pale tubercules. There is a long curved dark purplish spiky horn on the fifth and eleventh segments.Learn about Butterflies
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Subspecies

*''Cyrestis nivea nivea'' (Java) *''Cyrestis nivea nivalis'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small> (southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Pulau Tioma, Sumatra, Borneo) *''Cyrestis nivea pigmentosa'' Okubo, 1983 *''Cyrestis nivea superbus'' Staudinger (Palawan) *''Cyrestis nivea fadorensis'' Kheil (Nias) *''Cyrestis nivea tonkiniana'' Fruhstorfer, 1901 (northern Indo-China) *''Cyrestis nivea baliensis'' Martin (Bali) *''Cyrestis nivea fruhstorferi'' Röber (Kangean Island) *''Cyrestis nivea sumbawana'' Martin (Sumbawa)

References

Cyrestinae Butterflies of Borneo Butterflies of Java Butterflies described in 1831 {{Nymphalidae-stub