''Aldania'' is a butterfly genus of the
Limenitidinae
The Limenitidinae are a subfamily of butterflies that includes the admirals and relatives. The common names of many species and genera reference military ranks or – namely the Adoliadini – titles of nobility (e.g., count, duke, earl, an ...
. The genus is confined to the temperate East
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.
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. ''Aldania'' is closely related to ''
Neptis
''Neptis'' is a large genus of butterfly, butterflies of Old World tropics and subtropics. They are commonly called sailer butterflies or sailers, or more precisely typical sailers to distinguish them from the related blue sailer (''Pseudonept ...
''.
Species
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Aldania deliquata''
(Stichel, 1909) Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri, Northeast China, Korea.
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Aldania ilos''
Frühstorfer, 1909 Northeast China, Amur, Ussuri, West China, Taiwan
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Aldania imitans''
(Oberthür, 1897) Aldania Mimic
- Yunnan
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Aldania raddei''
(Bremer, 1861) Amur, Ussuri
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Aldania themis''
(Leech, 1890) Ussuri, China, Korea
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Aldania thisbe''
(Ménétries, 1859)
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Aldania yunnana''
(Oberthür, 1906) Yunnan
References
*Tuzov VK, Bogdanov PV, Devyatkin AL, Kaabak LV, Korolev VA, Murzin VS, Samodurov GD, and Tarasov EA. 1997. ''Guide to the butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories'' (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Pensoft, Sofia.
"''Aldania'' Moore,
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Limenitidinae
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore