Cyrestis cassander is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Subspecies
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Cyrestis cassander cassander C.& R.Felder, 1863 (Batanes, Luzon, Marinduque, Mindoro)
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Cyrestis cassander dacebalus Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Balabac, Camotes, Dinagat, Guimaras, Leyte, Samar)
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Cyrestis cassander orchomenus Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Basilan, Mindanao)
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Cyrestis cassander thessa Fruhstorfer, 1889 (Balabac, Calamian group, Palawan)
Taxonomy
The species is often listed as C. p. cassander, a subspecies of Cyrestis paulinus.[1]
References
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^ Cyrestis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms