Leptosia nina

Leptosia nina
Pengelasan saintifik
Alam:	Haiwan
Filum:	Arthropod
Kelas:	Serangga
Order:	Lepidoptera
Keluarga:	Pieridae
Genus:	Leptosia
Spesies:	L. nina
Nama binomial
Leptosia nina (Fabricius, 1793)
Sinonim
Papilio nina Fabricius, 1793 Leptosia chlorographa Hübner, 1818 Papilio xiphia Fabricius, 1781 (preocc.) Leptosia xiphia Pontia crokera MacLeay, [1826] Pontia niobe Wallace, 1866 Pontia dione Wallace, 1867 Nychitona xiphia var. nicobarica Doherty, 1886 Leptosia xiphia fumigata Fruhstorfer, 1903 Leptosia aurisparsa Fruhstorfer Leptosia xiphia comma Fruhstorfer, 1903

Leptosia nina, atau Psyche, adalah kupu-kupu yang termasuk dalam kelompok keluarga Pieridae dan sub-keluarga Pierinae. Ia mempunyai lebar sayap sekitar 35–45 mm.

Subspesies

• Leptosia nina nina (India, Ceylon hingga Indo-China, Thailand, Langkawi, Andamans)
• Leptosia nina chlorographa Hübner (Jawa)
• Leptosia nina niobe (Wallace, 1866) (Taiwan)
• Leptosia nina dione (Wallace, 1867) (selatan Sulawesi)
• Leptosia nina nicobarica (Doherty, 1886) (Nicobars)
• Leptosia nina fumigata Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Solor)
• Leptosia nina terentia Fruhstorfer (selatan Filipina)
• Leptosia nina georgi Fruhstorfer (utara Filipina)
• Leptosia nina comma Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Timor hingga Tanimbar)
• Leptosia nina malayana Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Semenanjung Malaysia, Singapura, Sumatera, Borneo, Bangka, Biliton)
• Leptosia nina aebutia Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Tanahdjampea, Kalao)

Galeri=

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  at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India
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  on a Ash Fleabane or Little ironweed Vernonia cinerea in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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  Camouflaging with the background in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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  in Hyderabad, India

Rujukan

• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
• Gaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
• Gay,Thomas; Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C.(1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
• Kunte,Krushnamegh (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.