''Mimathyma'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
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 have a re ...
found in eastern and southern Asia. The genus was erected by
Frederic Moore
Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company.
It has been said that Mo ...
in 1896.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
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Mimathyma ambica
''Mimathyma ambica'', the Indian purple emperor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Asia.
Description
Male
Upperside brownish black; a broad white, inwardly oblique, discal band from vein 3 of the forewing to vein 1 of the hindwing ...
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(Kollar, 844 – Indian purple emperor
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Mimathyma chevana''
(Moore, 865 – sergeant emperor
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Mimathyma nycteis''
(Ménétriès, 1859) (Amurland, Korea, northeast China)
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Mimathyma schrenckii''
(Ménétriès, 1858) – Schrenck's emperor (Amurland, Korea, northeast China)
References
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Apaturinae
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
Nymphalidae genera
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