Lasippa heliodore

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Lasippa heliodore
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Lasippa heliodore dorelia
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L. heliodore
Binomial name
Lasippa heliodore
(Fabricius, 1787) [1]

Lassipa heliodore, the Burmese lascar, is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Fabricius (1787). Mantissa insectorum sistens species nuper detectas adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus. 2: 1-382
  2. d'Abrera, Bernard (1983). Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part II: Nymphalidae, Satyridae, Amathusidae. 290 pp. Hill House, Melbourne.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Lasippa heliodore (Fabricius, 1787)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 4, 2019.