Niphanda asialis explained

Niphanda asialis or White-banded Pierrot is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.^[1]

Subspecies

• Niphanda asialis asialis (Sumatra, possibly Nias)
• Niphanda asialis cyme Fruhstorfer, 1919 (Java)
• Niphanda asialis marcia (Fawcett, 1904) (India to Peninsular Malaysia, southern Yunnan)
• Niphanda asialis onoma Fruhstorfer, 1919 (Sumatra)

External links

• Niphanda at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Notes and References

1. [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]