''Hestina nicevillei'', the scarce siren, is a species of

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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 ...

(Apaturinae) found in the western

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and to

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and

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Subspecies

*''H. n. nicevillei'' (western Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal) *''H. n. jermyni'' (Druce, 1911) (central Himalayas) *''H. n. ouvradi'' Riley, 1939 (China (Yunnan, south-east Tibet)) *''H. n. nigra'' Morishita, 1997 (central Nepal) *''H. n. magna'' Omoto & Funahashi, 2004 (northern Vietnam)

References

Apaturinae Butterflies described in 1895 Taxa named by Frederic Moore Butterflies of Indochina {{Apaturinae-stub