''Hestina japonica'' is an East
Palearctic
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Th ...
species of
siren
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Common meanings
* Siren (alarm), a loud acoustic alarm used to alert people to emergencies
* Siren (mythology), an enchanting but dangerous monster in Greek mythology that lured sailors to their deaths.
Places
* Sir ...
butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
found in Japan (''H. j. japonica'') and Korea ('' H. j. seoki'').
"''Hestina'' Westwood, [1850]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Subspecies
*''Hestina japonica japonica'' Japan
*''Hestina japonica seoki'' Shirôzu, 1955 (Korea)
References
Apaturinae
Butterflies described in 1862
Butterflies of Japan
Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder
Taxa named by Rudolf Felder
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