''Argestina'' is a butterfly genus of the
Satyrinae
The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...
. The genus is confined to the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
Th ...
. All the species are from China and Tibet.
Species
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Argestina phantasta''
Goltz, 1938 Yunnan
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Argestina pomena''
(Evans, 1915)
**''A. p. shuana''
(Evans, 1915) Tibet
**''A. p. chiuna''
(Bailey, 1935) Tibet
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Argestina inconstans''
(South, 1913) Tibet
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Argestina irma''
Evans, 1923 Tibet
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Argestina karta''
Riley, 1923 Tibet
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Argestina nitida''
Riley, 1923 Tibet
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Argestina waltoni''
(Elwes, 1906) Tibet
References
"''Argestina'' Riley, 1923"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Satyrini
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Norman Denbigh Riley