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Cyrestis nivea

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

Cyrestis nivea, the straight-line map-wing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

Habitat:

The habitat consists of primary and secondary forest at elevations between sea level and about 500 metres. I saw this one on a path near Than To Waterfall in thick tropical forest.

Reference Links:

Cyrestis nivea - Wikipedia, Butterflies of Malaysia - Cyrestis nivea

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Comments (5)
pamsai
thank you Gilma and Mark...
pamsai
Thank you Dr NamgyalTSharma...

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Biodiversity of Thailand
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Macro Insect South East ASIA
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PublishedJuly 26, 2018

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