Niphanda asialis
Species of butterfly
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Niphanda asialis or White-banded Pierrot is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Niphanda |
| Species: | N. asialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Niphanda asialis (de Nicéville, 1895)[1] | |
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Subspecies
- Niphanda asialis asialis (Sumatra, possibly Nias)
- Niphanda asialis cyme Fruhstorfer, 1919 (Java)
- Niphanda asialis marcia (Fawcett, 1904) (India to Peninsular Malaysia, southern Yunnan)
- Niphanda asialis onoma Fruhstorfer, 1919 (Sumatra)
