# Cyrestis nivea

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***Cyrestis nivea***, the **straight-line map-wing**, is a [butterfly](/source/Butterfly) of the family [Nymphalidae](/source/Nymphalidae). It is found in [South-East Asia](/source/South-East_Asia). The habitat consists of primary and secondary forest at elevations between sea level and about 500 metres.[2]

## Subspecies

- *Cyrestis nivea nivea* (Java)
- *Cyrestis nivea nivalis* C. & R. Felder, [1867] (southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Pulau Tioma, Sumatra, Borneo)
- *Cyrestis nivea pigmentosa* Okubo, 1983
- *Cyrestis nivea superbus* Staudinger (Palawan)
- *Cyrestis nivea fadorensis* Kheil (Nias)
- *Cyrestis nivea tonkiniana* Fruhstorfer, 1901 (northern Indo-China)
- *Cyrestis nivea baliensis* Martin (Bali)
- *Cyrestis nivea fruhstorferi* Röber (Kangean Island)
- *Cyrestis nivea sumbawana* Martin (Sumbawa)

## References

1. ["*Cyrestis* Boisduval, 1832"](http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/cyrestinae/cyrestis/) at Markku Savela's *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*

1. [Learn about Butterflies](https://web.archive.org/web/20090608014928/http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Malaysia%20-%20Cyrestis%20nivea%20nivalis.htm)

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