''Ypthima'' is a species-rich genus of
Old World
The "Old World" () is a term for Afro-Eurasia coined by Europeans after 1493, when they became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia in the Eastern Hemisphere, previously ...
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...
.
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* '' Ypthima affectata''
* '' Ypthima akbar''
* '' Ypthima albida''
* '' Ypthima albipuncta''
* '' Ypthima ancus''
* '' Ypthima antennata''
* '' Ypthima aphnius''
* ''Ypthima arctous
''Ypthima'' is a species-rich genus of Old World butterfly, butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. ''
* '' Ypthima asterope''
* '' Ypthima atra''
* '' Ypthima avanta''
* '' Ypthima baileyi''
* ''Ypthima baldus
''Ypthima baldus'', the common five-ring, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in Asia.
Description
Wet-season form (in India)
Male: Upperside brown, both forewing and hindwing with terminal margins much darker, and generally with more o ...
''
* '' Ypthima beautei''
* '' Ypthima bolanica''
* '' Ypthima cantlei''
* '' Ypthima cerealis''
* '' Ypthima ceylonica''
* '' Ypthima chenui''
* '' Ypthima chinensis''
* '' Ypthima ciris''
* '' Ypthima condamini''
* '' Ypthima confusa''
* '' Ypthima congoana''
* '' Ypthima conjuncta''
* '' Ypthima daclaca''
* '' Ypthima dengae''
* '' Ypthima diplommata''
* '' Ypthima dohertyi''
* '' Ypthima doleta''
* '' Ypthima esakii''
* '' Ypthima evansi''
* '' Ypthima fasciata''
* '' Ypthima frontierii''
* '' Ypthima fulvida''
* '' Ypthima gavalisi''
* '' Ypthima granulosa''
* '' Ypthima hanburyi''
* '' Ypthima hannyngtoni''
* '' Ypthima horsfieldii''
* '' Ypthima huebneri''
* '' Ypthima hyagriva''
* '' Ypthima iarba''
* '' Ypthima imitans''
* '' Ypthima impura''
* '' Ypthima indecora''
* '' Ypthima inica''
* '' Ypthima insolita''
* '' Ypthima iris''
* '' Ypthima jacksoni''
* '' Ypthima junkoae''
* '' Ypthima kalelonda''
* '' Ypthima lamto''
* '' Ypthima lihongxingi''
* '' Ypthima lisandra''
* '' Ypthima loryma''
* '' Ypthima lycus''
* '' Ypthima masakii''
* '' Ypthima megalomma''
* '' Ypthima methora''
* '' Ypthima methorina''
* '' Ypthima microphthalma''
* '' Ypthima motscholskyi''
* '' Ypthima multistriata''
* '' Ypthima muotuoensis''
* '' Ypthima nareda''
* '' Ypthima nebulosa''
* '' Ypthima newara''
* '' Ypthima nigricans''
* '' Ypthima nikaea''
* '' Ypthima norma''
* '' Ypthima nynias''
* '' Ypthima pandocus''
* '' Ypthima parasakra''
* '' Ypthima pemakoi''
* '' Ypthima perfecta''
* '' Ypthima persimilis''
* '' Ypthima philomela''
* '' Ypthima praenubila''
* '' Ypthima praestans''
* '' Ypthima pseudodromon''
* '' Ypthima pulchra''
* '' Ypthima pupillaris''
* '' Ypthima putamdui''
* '' Ypthima recta''
* '' Ypthima rhodesiana''
* '' Ypthima risompae''
* '' Ypthima riukiuana''
* '' Ypthima sakra''
* '' Ypthima sarcaposa''
* '' Ypthima savara''
* '' Ypthima sensilis''
* '' Ypthima sesara''
* '' Ypthima similis''
* '' Ypthima simplicia''
* '' Ypthima singala''
* '' Ypthima singorensis''
* '' Ypthima sinica''
* '' Ypthima sobrina''
* '' Ypthima sordida''
* '' Ypthima stellera''
* '' Ypthima striata''
* '' Ypthima tappana''
* '' Ypthima tiani''
* '' Ypthima vuattouxi''
* '' Ypthima watsoni''
* '' Ypthima yangjiahei''
* '' Ypthima yatta''
* '' Ypthima yayeyamana''
* '' Ypthima yoshinobui''
* '' Ypthima ypthimoides''
* '' Ypthima yunosukei''
* '' Ypthima zyzzomacula''
References
External links
*
''Ypthima''
at the Tree of Life Web Project
Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 29
Satyrini
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
{{Satyrini-stub