''Cyrestis telamon '' is a

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 the

Malay Archipelago The Malay Archipelago (Indonesian/ Malay: , tgl, Kapuluang Malay) is the archipelago between mainland Indochina and Australia. It has also been called the " Malay world," " Nusantara", "East Indies", Indo-Australian Archipelago, Spices Arch ...

. The larva feeds on ''

Streblus ilicifolius ''Taxotrophis ilicifolia'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Moraceae. Its native range is China (Southern Yunnan, Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjs ...

''.Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003 The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna ''Zool. Verh. Leiden'' 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16

Subspecies

*''C. p. paulinus'' Moluccas *''C. p. waigeuensis'' Fruhstorfer, 1900 Waigeu *''C. p. seneca'' Wallace, 1869 Sula Islands *''C. p. mantilis'' Staudinger, 1886 Sulawesi, Togian *''C. p. kuehni'' Röber, 1886 Banggai *''C. p. kransi'' Jurriaanse & Lindemans, 1920 Butung, Wowoni *''C. p. cassander'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 Philippines (Luzon) *''C. p. dacebalus'' Fruhstorfer, 1913 Philippines (Leyte) *''C. p. orchomenus'' Fruhstorfer, 1913 Philippines (Basilan, Mindanao) *''C. p. thessa'' Fruhstorfer, 1900 Palawan

References

Cyrestinae Butterflies described in 1860 {{Nymphalidae-stub