''Athyma'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
brush-footed butterflies
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 have ...
. 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
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 ...
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]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
*''Athyma abiasa">850]"">"''Athyma'' Westwood, [1850]"
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, [1824])
*''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, [1848]) – great sergeant
*''Athyma libnites'' (Hewitson, 1859)
*''Athyma nefte'' (Cramer, [1780]) – colour sergeant
*''Athyma maenas'' C. & R. Felder, 1863
*''Athyma magindana'' Semper, 1878
*''Athyma matanga'' Fruhstorfer, 1905
*''Athyma marguritha'' Fruhstorfer, 1898
*''Athyma mindanica'' Murayama, 1978
*''Athyma minensis'' Yoshino, 1997
*''Athyma opalina'' (Kollar, [1844]) – Himalayan sergeant
** ''Athyma opalina hirayamai'' (Matsumura, 1935)
*''Athyma orientalis'' Elwes, 1888
*''Athyma perius'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – common sergeant
*''Athyma pravara'' Moore, 1857 – unbroken sergeant
*''Athyma punctata'' Leech, 1890
*''Athyma ranga'' Moore, 1857 – blackvein sergeant
*''Athyma recurva'' Leech, 1893
*''Athyma reta'' Moore, 1858 – Malay staff sergeant
*''Athyma rufula'' de Nicéville, [1889] – Andaman sergeant
*''Athyma selenophora'' (Kollar, [1844]) – staff sergeant
** ''Athyma selenophora laela'' (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
*''Athyma separata'' Staudinger, 1889
*''Athyma speciosa'' Staudinger, 1889
*''Athyma sulpitia'' (Cramer, [1779]) – spotted sergeant
*''Athyma zeroca'' Moore, 1872 – small staff sergeant
References
External links
Images representing ''Athyma''
at EOL
Images representing ''Athyma''
at BOLD
Athyma,
Limenitidinae
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by John O. Westwood
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