Sephisa chandra

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: Apaturinae
Genus: Sephisa
Species: Sephisa chandra
Subspecies: S. c. chandra – S. c. hainanensis
Name

Sephisa chandra (Moore, 1858)
Synonyms

Castalia chandra Moore, 1858

References

Miyata, T. & Hanafusa, H. 1993. A new subspecies of Sephisa chandra (Moore) from Hainan Is., China (Lep. : Nymphalidae). Futao 11: 18–19. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Easter Courtier
日本語: キゴマダラSephisa chandra, the eastern courtier, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia.

Notes

Moore, F in Horsfield & Moore (1858) Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): 200, pl. 6a, f. 4

"Sephisa Moore, 1882" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms