''Athyma'' 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 nom ...

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, ...

tribe. The genus ranges from Tibet to the Solomon Islands, but does not occur in New Guinea or Australia.

Species

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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 *'' 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 ''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'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 *'' Athyma jina'' 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'' Doherty, 1891 *'' Athyma kasa'' Moore, 1858 *'' Athyma larymna'' (Doubleday, 848 – great sergeant *'' Athyma libnites'' (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 – 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 ...

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– 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 ''Athyma rufula'', the Andaman sergeant, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in tropical and subtropical Asia.889/small> – Andaman sergeant *''

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 ...

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– 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 * * * * Cited references Athyma Fauna of Pakistan Butterflies of Asia Butterflies described in 1779< ...

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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

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