''Cirrochroa surya'' is an
Indomalayan
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
species of
heliconiine butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...
described by
Frederic Moore in 1879.
[ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175]
Subspecies
*''Cirrochroa surya surya'' (central to southern Burma, Mergui Archipelago)
*''Cirrochroa surya siamensis''
Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Thailand to northern Peninsular Malaysia, possibly Indo-China)
References
Vagrantini
Butterflies described in 1879
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