Cyrestis nivea

Cyrestis nivea, the straight-line map-wing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South-East Asia. The habitat consists of primary and secondary forest at elevations between sea level and about 500 metres.^[2]

Straight-line map-wing
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cyrestis
Species:	C. nivea
Binomial name
Cyrestis nivea (Zinken, 1831)[1]
Synonyms
Amathusia nivea Zinken, 1831 Cyrestis nivalis C. & R. Felder, [1867]

Subspecies

• Cyrestis nivea nivea (Java)
• Cyrestis nivea nivalis C. & R. Felder, [1867] (southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Pulau Tioma, Sumatra, Borneo)
• Cyrestis nivea pigmentosa Okubo, 1983
• Cyrestis nivea superbus Staudinger (Palawan)
• Cyrestis nivea fadorensis Kheil (Nias)
• Cyrestis nivea tonkiniana Fruhstorfer, 1901 (northern Indo-China)
• Cyrestis nivea baliensis Martin (Bali)
• Cyrestis nivea fruhstorferi Röber (Kangean Island)
• Cyrestis nivea sumbawana Martin (Sumbawa)