Cyrestis

Cyrestis is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. They are known as map butterflies, so named because the wing-markings of some species resemble the lines of latitude and longitude of a world map. Cyrestis is a widespread genus ranging from Africa to parts of the Indomalayan realm and parts of the Australasian realm (New Guinea).

Cyrestis
Cyrestis camillus elegans
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Cyrestinae
Genus: Cyrestis
Boisduval, 1832
Species

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Synonyms
  • Apsithra Moore, [1899]
  • Sykophages Martin, 1903
  • Azania Martin, 1903
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