Hestina persimilis, the siren, is an East Palearctic species of siren butterfly (Apaturinae) found in western China, Simla to Assam, Orissa. The larva feeds on Celtis australis."Hestina Westwood, " at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Subspecies H. p. persimilis (Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan) H. p. zella Butler, 1869 (Kashmir) H. p. chinensis (Leech, 1890) (West China)
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