''Athyma'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 a redu ...
. 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:
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*''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
''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 ge ...
'' Semper, 1878
*'' Athyma disjuncta'' Leech, 1890
*''Athyma epimethis
''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 ge ...
'' C. & R. Felder, 1863
*''Athyma eulimene
''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 ge ...
'' (Godart, 824
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Events
By place
Europe
* November 11 – The '' Constitutio Romana'' establishes the authority of the ...
*''Athyma eupolia
''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 ge ...
'' Murayama & Shimonoya, 1962
*'' Athyma fortuna'' Leech, 1889
** ''Athyma fortuna kodahirai'' (Sonan, 1938)
*''Athyma glora
''Athyma glora'' is a species of nymphalid butterfly.
Description
''Athyma glora'' has a wingspan of about . The upperside of the wings is black or dark brown, with blue-white markings. It seems quite similar to '' Athyma cama''.
Distribution
T ...
'' Kheil, 1884
*''Athyma godmani
''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 ge ...
'' Staudinger, 1889
*''Athyma gutama
''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 ge ...
'' Moore, 1858
*''Athyma inara
''Athyma nefte'', the colour sergeant, is a species of brush-footed butterfly found in tropical South and Southeast Asia.
Description
Description based on Bingham.
''Athyma nefte nivifera''
Borneo and Malay Peninsula.
Male: upperside ...
'' Doubleday, 1850 – colour sergeant
*''Athyma jagori
''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 ge ...
'' Fruhstorfer, 1906
*''Athyma jina
''Athyma jina'', the Bhutan sergeant, is a species of nymphalid
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 ar ...
'' Moore, 1857 – Bhutan sergeant
** ''Athyma jima sauteri'' (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
*''Athyma kanwa
''Athyma kanwa'', the dot-dash sergeant, is a species of brush-footed butterfly found in tropical and subtropical Asia and Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, i ...
'' Moore, 1858 – dot-dash sergeant
*''Athyma karita
''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 ge ...
'' Doherty, 1891
*''Athyma kasa
''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 ge ...
'' Moore, 1858
*''Athyma larymna
''Athyma larymna'', the great sergeant, is a species of nymphalid
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 a ...
'' (Doubleday, 848
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Events
By place Europe
* Summer – Bordeaux, capital of Aquitaine, falls into the hand ...
– great sergeant
*''Athyma libnites
''Athyma libnites'' is butterfly endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1859.
Subspecies
* ''A. l. libnites'' (Sulawesi)
* ''A. l. noctesco'' Tsukada, 1991 (Buton
Buton (also Butung, Boeton or Butto ...
'' (Hewitson, 1859)
*''Athyma nefte
''Athyma nefte'', the colour sergeant, is a species of brush-footed butterfly found in tropical South and Southeast Asia.
Description
Description based on Bingham.
''Athyma nefte nivifera''
Borneo and Malay Peninsula.
Male: upperside ...
'' (Cramer, 780
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– colour sergeant
*'' Athyma maenas'' C. & R. Felder, 1863
*'' Athyma magindana'' Semper, 1878
*'' Athyma marguritha'' Fruhstorfer, 1898
*'' Athyma mindanica'' Murayama, 1978
*'' Athyma minensis'' Yoshino, 1997
*''Athyma opalina
''Athyma opalina'', the Himalayan sergeant, is a species of large, tailess nymphalid butterfly found in tropical and subtropical evergreen forest regions in Asia (India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan), ussualy at a elevation of 1200 meters to 300 ...
'' (Kollar, 844
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Battle of Mauropotamos: A Byzantine expedition under ...
– Himalayan sergeant
** ''Athyma opalina hirayamai'' (Matsumura, 1935)
*''Athyma orientalis
''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 ge ...
'' Elwes, 1888
*'' Athyma perius'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – common sergeant
*'' Athyma pravara'' Moore, 1857 – unbroken sergeant
*'' Athyma punctata'' Leech, 1890
*''Athyma ranga
''Athyma ranga'', the blackvein sergeant, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in south-west India, Cambodia and parts of Southeast Asia.
Description
Upperside: Male velvety black, female very dark brown, suffused with bluish in certain ...
'' Moore, 1857 – blackvein sergeant
*'' Athyma recurva'' Leech, 1893
*'' Athyma reta'' Moore, 1858 – Malay staff sergeant
*''Athyma rufula
''Athyma rufula'', the Andaman sergeant, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in tropical and subtropical Asia.889
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Events
By place
Europe
* Guy III, duke of Spoleto, defeats the Lombard king Berengar I at the Tr ...
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*''Athyma selenophora
''Athyma selenophora'', the staff sergeant, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in tropical and subtropical Asia.Nilgiris, the Western Ghats; Assam, Myanmar and northern Tanintharyi Region, Tenasserim.
In the dry-season form the ground co ...
'' (Kollar, 844
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Battle of Mauropotamos: A Byzantine expedition under ...
– staff sergeant
** ''Athyma selenophora laela'' (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
*'' Athyma separata'' Staudinger, 1889
*'' Athyma speciosa'' Staudinger, 1889
*''Athyma sulpitia
''Athyma sulpitia'', the spotted sergeant, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in tropical and subtropical Asia.
References
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Cited references
Athyma
Fauna of Pakistan
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies described in 1779< ...
'' (Cramer, 779
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– spotted sergeant
*''Athyma zeroca
''Athyma zeroca'', the small staff sergeant, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in tropical and subtropical Asia.
Description
Male upperside superficially resembles the upperside of '' Athyma selenophora''; but on the forewing the disco ...
'' Moore, 1872 – small staff sergeant
References
External links
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Limenitidinae
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by John O. Westwood
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