Hestina nicevillei explained

Hestina nicevillei, the scarce siren, is a species of siren butterfly (Apaturinae) found in the western Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal and to China and Vietnam.^{[1] [2] [3]}

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)

Notes and References

1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/apaturinae/hestina/ "Hestina Westwood, [1850]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Web site: Hestina nicevillei Moore, 1895 – Scarce Siren . Butterflies of India . 2017-11-06.
3. Omoto. Keiichi. Funahashi. Akio. 2004. A new subspecies of Hestina nicevillei (Moore, 1896) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) discovered in Northern Vietnam. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 55 . 3. 203–208. BioStor.