Cyrestis paulinus

Cyrestis paulinus
	C. paulinus - Seram Island, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cyrestis
Species:	C. paulinus
Binomial name
	Cyrestis paulinus; (C. & R. Felder, 1860

Last updated August 22, 2025

Cyrestis paulinus is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Malay Archipelago. The larva feeds on Streblus ilicifolius .^[2]

Subspecies

C. p. paulinus Moluccas
C. p. waigeuensis Fruhstorfer, 1900 Waigeu
C. p. seneca Wallace, 1869 Sula Islands
C. p. mantilis Staudinger, 1886 Sulawesi, Togian
C. p. kuehni Röber, 1886 Banggai
C. p. kransi Jurriaanse & Lindemans, 1920 Butung, Wowoni
C. p. cassander C. & R. Felder, 1863 Philippines (Luzon)
C. p. dacebalus Fruhstorfer, 1913 Philippines (Leyte)
C. p. orchomenus Fruhstorfer, 1913 Philippines (Basilan, Mindanao)
C. p. thessa Fruhstorfer, 1900 Palawan

References

↑ "Cyrestis Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003 The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16

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[1] "Cyrestis Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003 The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16

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Cyrestis paulinus

C. paulinus - Seram Island, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cyrestis
Species:	C. paulinus
Binomial name
*Cyrestis paulinus* (C. & R. Felder, 1860^[1]