Hestina nicevillei, the scarce siren, is a species of siren butterfly (Apaturinae) found in the western Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal and to China and Vietnam.
Subspecies
- H. n. nicevillei (western Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal)
- H. n. jermyni <small>(Druce, 1911)</small> (central Himalayas)
- H. n. ouvradi <small>Riley, 1939</small> (China (Yunnan, south-east Tibet))
- H. n. nigra <small>Morishita, 1997</small> (central Nepal)
- H. n. magna <small>Omoto & Funahashi, 2004</small> (northern Vietnam)
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