Lasippa tiga, the Malayan lascar, is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Frederic Moore in 1858. The larva feeds on Cratoxylon species (shrubs or small to medium-sized trees).d'Abrera, Bernard (1983). Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part II: Nymphalidae, Satyridae, Amathusidae. 290 pp. Hill House, Melbourne.
Subspecies Lasippa tiga tiga Java Lasippa tiga camboja (Moore, 1879) Assam to Thailand, Langkawi Lasippa tiga siaka (Moore, 1881) Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra Lasippa tiga niasana (Fruhstorfer, 1900) Nias Lasippa tiga siberuta (Corbet, 1942) Mentawai
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