| Hestina nicevillei | |
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| In Himachal Pradesh, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Hestina |
| Species: | H. nicevillei |
| Binomial name | |
| Hestina nicevillei (Moore, [1895]) | |
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Hestina nicevillei, the scarce siren, is a species of siren butterfly (Apaturinae) found in the western Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal and to China and Vietnam. [1] [2] [3]
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