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Laxita thuisto
Female ventral
Specimens in Museum Wiesbaden
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Laxita
Species:	L. thuisto
Binomial name
Laxita thuisto (Hewitson, 1861)
Synonyms
Taxila thuisto Hewitson, 1861 Taxila thuisto eutyches Fruhstorfer, 1912 Taxila thuisto ephorus Fruhstorfer, 1904 Taxila thuisto melanotica Riley, 1945 Taxila thuisto therikles Fruhstorfer, 1912

Laxita thuisto is an Indomalayan species in the butterfly family Riodinidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1861.

Subspecies

• Laxita thuisto thuisto (Peninsular Burma, Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore)
• Laxita thuisto eutyches (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (southern Borneo, Pulau Laut, Palawan)
• Laxita thuisto ephorus (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (northern Borneo)
• Laxita thuisto melanotica (Riley, 1945) (Mentawai)
• Laxita thuisto sawaja (Fruhstorfer, ) (Burma, Mergui, Thailand)
• Laxita thuisto therikles (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Sumatra, Bangka)
• Laxita thuisto esther Doubleday (Java)

References

1. Hewitson, 1861. Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson.
2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
3. Savela, Markku. "Laxita thuisto (Hewitson, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

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