''Lassipa heliodore'', the Burmese lascar, is an

Indomalayan The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...

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 ...

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 ha ...

first described by

Johan Christian Fabricius Johann Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is co ...

in 1787.

Subspecies

*''Lasippa heliodore heliodore'' Assam, Burma, Peninsular Thailand *''Lasippa heliodore dorelia'' (Butler, 1879) Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Pulo Laut *''Lasippa heliodore roepkei'' (Eliot, 1959) Java

References

Limenitidinae Butterflies described in 1787 Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius Butterflies of Malaysia Butterflies of Borneo Butterflies of Java {{Limenitidinae-stub