Chersonesia rahria

Chersonesia rahria is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Cyrestinae). It is found from Manipur and Naga Hills to Burma then from Borneo to Celebes.^[1]

Chersonesia rahria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Chersonesia
Species:	C. rahria
Binomial name
Chersonesia rahria (Moore, [1858])
Synonyms
Cyrestis rahria Moore, [1858] Cyrestis rahria ingens van Eecke, 1918 Chersonesia tiomana Pendlebury, 1933 Chersonesia rahria var. apicusta Hagen, 1898 Chersonesia rahria var. apicusta Hagen, 1902 Cyrestis celebensis Rothschild, 1892

Subspecies

• C. r. rahria (Peninsular Malaya, Java, Sumatra, Borneo)
• C. r. tiomana Pendlebury, 1933 (Pulau Tioman)
• C. r. apicusta Hagen, 1898 (Mentawai Islands)
• C. r. sanna Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Batu Island)
• C. r. celebensis (Rothschild, 1892) (Sulawesi)
• C. r. mangolina Fruhstorfer, 1899 (Sula Islands)
• C. r. banggaina Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1985 (Banggai)