Hestina 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
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
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 red ...
subfamily
Apaturinae
The Apaturinae are a subfamily of butterflies that includes many species commonly called emperors.
Description
Strikingly-coloured, with cryptic underwing. A distinguishing character of the subfamily is the green proboscis.
Agathina emperor ( ...
. The genus is found in the East
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
and
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
.
Known larval food plants are ''
Celtis
''Celtis'' is a genus of about 60–70 species of deciduous trees, commonly known as hackberries or nettle trees, widespread in warm temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The genus is part of the extended hemp family (Cannabaceae).
De ...
'' and, for one species, ''
Trema
Trema may refer to:
* a List of Greek and Latin roots in English/P–Z#T, Greek and Latin root meaning ''hole''
* ''Tréma'', a word in French meaning diaeresis
** more generally, two dots (diacritic)
* Trema (plant), ''Trema'' (plant), a genus of ...
'' (Ulmaceae). These include ''
Celtis boninensis
''Celtis'' is a genus of about 60–70 species of deciduous trees, commonly known as hackberries or nettle trees, widespread in warm temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The genus is part of the extended hemp family (Cannabaceae).
De ...
'' Japan, ''
Celtis formosana'' Taiwan, ''
Celtis nervosa'' Taiwan, ''
Celtis jessoensis
''Celtis jessoensis'', known as the Japanese hackberry or Jesso hackberry (from an archaic reading of "Ezo": Hokkaidō) is a species of hackberry native to Japan and Korea. It is a deciduous tree growing to 20–25 m tall. The leaves are 5–9& ...
'', ''
Celtis sinensis
''Celtis sinensis'' (English: Chinese hackberry; Chinese: ; Japanese: ) is a species of flowering plant in the hemp family, Cannabaceae, that is native to slopes in East Asia.
Description
It is a tree that grows to 20 m tall, with deciduous ...
'', ''
Trema orientalis
''Trema orientale'' (sometimes spelled ''Trema orientalis'') is a species of flowering tree in the hemp family, Cannabaceae. The basionym of ''T. orientalis'', ''Celtis orientalis'' was originally described and published in ''Species P ...
''. ''Hestina nama'' larvae feed on ''
Oreocnide'' (Urticaceae).
Species
In alphabetical order:
*''
Hestina assimilis''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
*''
Hestina dissimilis''
Hall, 1935
*''
Hestina divona''
(Hewitson, 1861) – Sulawesi sorcerer
*''
Hestina japonica''
(C. & R. Felder, 1862)
*''
Hestina jermyni''
Druce, 1911
*''
Hestina mena''
Moore, 1858
*''
Hestina mimetica''
Butler, 1874
*''
Hestina nama
''Hestina nama'', the Circe, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia.
See also
* List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family Nymphalidae and an index to the s ...
''
(Doubleday, 1844) – Circe
*''
Hestina namoides''
de Nicéville, 1900
*''
Hestina nicevillei''
(Moore, 895 '
__NOTOC__
Year 895 (Roman numerals, DCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* The Hungarians, Magyars are expelled from southern Russia, and ...
*''
Hestina ouvradi''
Riley, 1939
*''
Hestina persimilis''
(Westwood, 850
''For codepage, see CP850.''
__NOTOC__
Year 850 (Roman numerals, DCCCL) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* February 1 – King Ramiro I of A ...
– Siren
*''
Hestina risna''
*''
Hestina waterstradti''
Watkins, 1928
External links
"''Hestina'' Westwood, [1850]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Apaturinae">850]"">"''Hestina'' Westwood, [1850]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Apaturinae
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by John O. Westwood
{{Apaturinae-stub