Chersonesia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Cyrestinae
Tribus: Cyrestini
Genus: Chersonesia
Species: C. intermedia – C. nicevillei – C. peraka – C. rahria – C. risa
Name

Chersonesia Distant, 1883

Type species: Cyrestis rahria Moore, 1858
References

Araya, A., 2013: Description of the hitherto unknown female of Chersonesia nicevillei (Martin, 1895), an additional record of the male, and the distinguishing points between C. nicevillei and Chersonesia peraka. Butterflies (Teinopalpus), 63: 9–13.
Hanafusa, H. 1993: A list of butterflies from Mentawai Islands, Indonesia (3). Futao 14: 8–25.

Chersonesia is an Indomalayan butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. The common name is maplet.
Species

Chersonesia excellens (Martin, 1903)
Chersonesia intermedia Martin, 1895
Chersonesia nicevillei Martin, 1895
Chersonesia peraka Distant, 1884
Chersonesia rahria (Moore, [1858])
Chersonesia rahrioides Moore, [1899]
Chersonesia risa (Doubleday, [1848])

References

"Chersonesia Distant, 1883" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms