''Cyrestis'' is a butterfly genus in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

. They are known as map butterflies, so named because the wing-markings of some species resemble the lines of latitude and longitude of a world map. ''Cyrestis'' is a widespread genus ranging from

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to parts of the

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and parts of the

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Species

*'' Cyrestis achates'' Butler, 1865 *'' Cyrestis acilia'' (Godart,

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Cyrestis andamanensis ''Cyrestis'' is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. They are known as map butterflies, so named because the wing-markings of some species resemble the lines of latitude and longitude of a world map. ''Cyrestis'' is a widespread genus ra ...

'' Staudinger *'' Cyrestis adaemon'' Godman & Salvin, 1879 *''

Cyrestis camillus ''Cyrestis camillus'', the African map butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa, from Sierra Leone to Ethiopia and Tanzania and from Kenya to Natal. The wingspan is 42–55 mm. The larvae feed on ''Morus' ...

'' (Fabricius, 1781) *'' Cyrestis cassander'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 *'' Cyrestis cocles'' (Fabricius, 1787) *'' Cyrestis heracles'' Staudinger, 1896 *'' Cyrestis irmae'' Forbes, 1885 *'' Cyrestis kudrati'' Jumalon, 1975 *''

Cyrestis lutea ''Cyrestis lutea'', the orange straight-line map-wing or little map-wing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania betwe ...

'' (Zinken, 1831) *'' Cyrestis maenalis'' Erichson, 1834 *'' Cyrestis nais'' Wallace, 1869 *''

Cyrestis nivea ''Cyrestis nivea'', the straight-line map-wing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South-East Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern As ...

'' (Zinken, 1831) *''

Cyrestis paulinus ''Cyrestis telamon '' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are ...

'' C. & R. Felder, 1860 *''

Cyrestis tabula ''Cyrestis'' is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. They are known as map butterflies, so named because the wing-markings of some species resemble the lines of latitude and longitude of a world map. ''Cyrestis'' is a widespread genus ra ...

'' de Nicéville, 1883 *''

Cyrestis telamon ''Cyrestis telamon '' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Indonesia (Maluku Islands The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically the ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''

Cyrestis themire ''Cyrestis themire '' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Malay archipelago. Subspecies *''C. t. themire'' Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Tonkin *''C. t. pemanggilensis'' Eliot, 1978 Pulau Pemanggil *''C. t. adria ...

'' Honrath, 884/small> *''

Cyrestis theresae ''Cyrestis'' is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. They are known as map butterflies, so named because the wing-markings of some species resemble the lines of latitude and longitude of a world map. ''Cyrestis'' is a widespread genus ra ...

'' de Nicéville, 1894 *''

Cyrestis thyodamas ''Cyrestis thyodamas'', the common map, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Description Males and femal ...

'' Boisduval, 1846 *''

Cyrestis thyonneus ''Cyrestis'' is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. They are known as map butterflies, so named because the wing-markings of some species resemble the lines of latitude and longitude of a world map. ''Cyrestis'' is a widespread genus ra ...

'' (Cramer,

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References

External links

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Cyrestinae Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval {{Nymphalidae-stub