''Terinos clarissa'' 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 ...
is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
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 usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
(
Heliconiinae
The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45–50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the Pa ...
). The larva feeds on ''
Homalium
''Homalium'' is a genus of plants in the family Salicaceae.
Species
Species include:
* ''Homalium acuminatum''
* '' Homalium betulifolium''
* ''Homalium brevidens''
* '' Homalium buxifolium''
* ''Homalium ceylanicum''
* ''Homalium cochinc ...
'', ''
Rinorea
''Rinorea'' is a genus of plant in family Violaceae.
Species include:
* '' Rinorea abbreviata'' G. Achoundong & J.J. Bos
* '' Rinorea acommanthera'' Gagnep.
* '' Rinorea antioquiensis'' Smith & Fernández
* '' Rinorea bicornuta'' Hekking
* '' R ...
''.
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Subspecies
*'' T. c. clarissa'' (Sumatra, Borneo, Malaya)
*'' T. c. malayana'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Malaya)
*'' T. c. dinnaga'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Sumatra)
*'' T. c. aurensis'' Eliot, 1978 (Pulau Aur)
*'' T. c. nympha'' Wallace, 1869 (Borneo)
*'' T. c. bangueyana'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Banggi, Bangquey Island)
*'' T. c. lucia'' Staudinger, 1889 (Palawan)
*'' T. c. luciella'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Balabac Island)
*'' T. c. lucilla'' Butler, 1870 (Philippines: Mindanao)
*'' T. c. ludmilla'' Staudinger, 1898 (Sanghie)
References
Terinos
Butterflies described in 1836
Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Butterflies of Asia
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