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Siren
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Siren

Hestina persimilis

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.

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Siren in Louis Renard — Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes (1754)

Louis Renard — Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes (1754)

Louis Renard · 1754 · p.218

Siren in Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.645

Siren in Garden of Health

Garden of Health

Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.688

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