Cirrochroa thule

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Cirrochroa thule
Cirrochroa thule Felder & Felder (male), Sulawesi (S. Sulawesi, viii-ix.1891, W. Doherty, Rothschild Bequest).png
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cirrochroa
Species:
C. thule
Binomial name
Cirrochroa thule
Felder & Felder, 1867

Cirrochroa thule, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Sulawesi. [1] [2]

The species was described from a male specimen in the collection owned by Godert van der Capellen. [3]

Subspecies

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References

  1. Wane-Wright, R. I.; de Jong, R. (2003). "The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 343: 3–267.
  2. "Cirrochroa Doubleday, [1847]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. https://archive.org/details/umdieerdeindenja04akad/page/387/mode/1up?view=theater