Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Cynitia whiteheadi Green Skirt Baron
Animal Group:	Butterfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Nymphalinae
Other Name(s):	Euthalia niepelti
Description:	Caterpillars feeds on Schima superba. Sexual dimorphism. They occur from April to November.

Conservation Status

AFCD Assessment

Rare

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong North New Territories Global Distribution Guangdong, Hainan, Zhejiang

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References

More on Butterfly in HK

Chou, I. 1994. Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium. Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House.

Wu, C.S., and Hsu, Y.F. (2017). Butterflies of China, The Straits Publishing House.