Lasippa tiga
Lasippa tiga camboja
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Lasippa
Species:
L. tiga
Binomial name
Lasippa tiga
(Moore, 1858)[1]

Lasippa tiga, the Malayan lascar, is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Frederic Moore in 1858. The larva feeds on Cratoxylon species (shrubs or small to medium-sized trees).[2]

Subspecies

References

Wikispecies has information related to Lasippa tiga.
  1. ^ Moore (1858). "A monograph of the Asiatic Species of Neptis and Athyma, two Genera of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Family Nymphalidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1858 (347/348): 3-20, pl. 49-51.
  2. ^ d'Abrera, Bernard (1983). Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part II: Nymphalidae, Satyridae, Amathusidae. 290 pp. Hill House, Melbourne.
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