''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
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