Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Chersonesia risa The Common Maplet (Chersonesia risa) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in south-east Asia.A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Butterflies comprise the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea), the skippers (superfamily Hesperioidea) and the moth-butterflies (superfamily Hedyloidea).