''Athyma'' is a

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of brush-footed butterflies. They are commonly known as the "true" or "typical" sergeants, to distinguish them from the false sergeants of the genus ''Pseudathyma'', a fairly close relative from the Adoliadini tribe. The genus ranges from Tibet to the Solomon Islands, but does not occur in New Guinea or Australia.

Species

Listed alphabetically:"''Athyma'' Westwood, [1850]"
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''Athyma abiasa'' Moore, 1858 *''Athyma alcamene'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 *''Athyma adunora'' *''Athyma arayata'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 *'' Athyma asura'' Moore, 1858 – studded sergeant ** ''Athyma asura baelia'' (Fruhstorfer, 1908) *'' Athyma cama'' Moore, 1858 – orange staff sergeant ** ''Athyma cama zoroastes'' (Butler, 1877) *'' Athyma cosmia'' Semper, 1878 *'' Athyma disjuncta'' Leech, 1890 *'' Athyma epimethis'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 *'' Athyma eulimene'' (Godart,

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*'' Athyma eupolia'' Murayama & Shimonoya, 1962 *'' Athyma fortuna'' Leech, 1889 ** ''Athyma fortuna kodahirai'' (Sonan, 1938) *'' Athyma glora'' Kheil, 1884 *'' Athyma godmani'' Staudinger, 1889 *'' Athyma gutama'' Moore, 1858 *'' Athyma inara'' Doubleday, 1850 – colour sergeant *'' Athyma jagori'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 *'' Athyma jina'' Moore, 1857 – Bhutan sergeant ** ''Athyma jima sauteri'' (Fruhstorfer, 1912) *'' Athyma kanwa'' Moore, 1858 – dot-dash sergeant *'' Athyma karita'' Doherty, 1891 *'' Athyma kasa'' Moore, 1858 *'' Athyma larymna'' (Doubleday,

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– great sergeant *'' Athyma libnites'' (Hewitson, 1859) *'' Athyma nefte'' (Cramer,

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– colour sergeant *'' Athyma maenas'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 *''

Athyma magindana ''Athyma'' is a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are commonly known as the "true" or "typical" sergeants, to distinguish them from the false sergeants of the genus ''Pseudathyma'', a fairly close relative from the Adoliadini tribe. The g ...

'' Semper, 1878 *'' Athyma marguritha'' Fruhstorfer, 1898 *''

Athyma mindanica ''Athyma'' is a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are commonly known as the "true" or "typical" sergeants, to distinguish them from the false sergeants of the genus ''Pseudathyma'', a fairly close relative from the Adoliadini tribe. The g ...

'' Murayama, 1978 *'' Athyma minensis'' Yoshino, 1997 *'' Athyma opalina'' (Kollar, 844 – Himalayan sergeant ** ''Athyma opalina hirayamai'' (Matsumura, 1935) *'' Athyma orientalis'' Elwes, 1888 *''

Athyma perius ''Athyma perius'', the common sergeant, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Description The ''Athyma perius'' male has black wings with a series of white markings, while the female is a blackish brown. The ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – common sergeant *'' Athyma pravara'' Moore, 1857 – unbroken sergeant *'' Athyma punctata'' Leech, 1890 *'' Athyma ranga'' Moore, 1857 – blackvein sergeant *''

Athyma recurva ''Athyma recurva'' is a butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country o ...

'' Leech, 1893 *'' Athyma reta'' Moore, 1858 – Malay staff sergeant *'' Athyma rufula'' de Nicéville,

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/small> – Andaman sergeant *'' Athyma selenophora'' (Kollar, 844 – staff sergeant ** ''Athyma selenophora laela'' (Fruhstorfer, 1908) *''

Athyma separata ''Athyma'' is a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are commonly known as the "true" or "typical" sergeants, to distinguish them from the false sergeants of the genus ''Pseudathyma'', a fairly close relative from the Adoliadini tribe. The g ...

'' Staudinger, 1889 *'' Athyma speciosa'' Staudinger, 1889 *'' Athyma sulpitia'' (Cramer, 779 – spotted sergeant *'' Athyma zeroca'' Moore, 1872 – small staff sergeant

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at BOLD Limenitidinae Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by John O. Westwood {{Limenitidinae-stub