''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 ...
. The genus is confined to the temperate East
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...
. ''Aldania'' is closely related to ''
Neptis
''Neptis'' is a large genus of butterflies of Old World tropics subtropics. They are commonly called sailer butterflies or sailers, or more precisely typical sailers to distinguish them from the related blue sailer ('' Pseudoneptis'').
Descri ...
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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
''Aldania raddei '' is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Amur, Ussuri) that belongs to the browns family.
Description from Seitz
raddei Brem. (55d) stands entirely apart in facies; a remarkable species, which must be placed in the p ...
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(Bremer, 1861) Amur, Ussuri
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Aldania themis''
(Leech, 1890) Ussuri, China, Korea
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Aldania thisbe
''Aldania thisbe'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Amur and Ussuri regions of Russia, central and north-eastern China and Korea. The habitat consists of open landscapes and forest canopy in broadleaved or mixed forest ...
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(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