''Helcyra hemina'', the white emperor, is a species of

brush-footed butterfly 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 redu ...

found in parts of India and in Myanmar and Java. In India this species is protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Subspecies

*''Helcyra hemina hemina'' (Sikkim, Assam, Burma) *''Helcyra hemina masinia'' Fruhstorfer, 1903 (western Java)

References

Apaturinae Butterflies described in 1864 Butterflies of Java Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{nymphalidae-stub