Hestina nama (Circe) - Sikkim Butterfly

Hestina nama  (Circe)

Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim

Date: November 14,  2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Hestina nama  (Circe)

Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim

Date: November 14,  2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                    Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                 Nymphalidae

Sub-Family:         Apaturinae

Genus:                  Hestina

Species:                 H. nama

Binomial name:    Hestina nama (Westwood, 1850)

Other Names: Circe

Special feature:  The genus Hestina consists of 11 species including several which were formerly included in Diagora or Diadema. Most are Batesian mimics of toxic Danaines - Hestina nama for example is a mimic of the Chocolate Tiger Parantica sita. (http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/)