| Niphanda asialis | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Lycaenidae | 
| Genus: | Niphanda | 
| Species: | N. asialis  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Niphanda asialis (de Nicéville, 1895)[1]  | |
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Niphanda asialis or White-banded Pierrot is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
Subspecies
- Niphanda asialis asialis (Sumatra, possibly Nias)
 - Niphanda asialis cyme Fruhstorfer, 1919 (Java)
 - Niphanda asialis marcia (Fawcett, 1904) (India to Peninsular Malaysia, southern Yunnan)
 - Niphanda asialis onoma Fruhstorfer, 1919 (Sumatra)
 
References
- ↑ de Nicéville, L., 1895. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 10(1): 13–40, 3 pls
 - ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
 
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Niphanda asialis.
- Niphanda at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
 
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