''Phaedyma'' is a genus of Asian butterflies distributed from

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and the

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. They resemble ''

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'' species but are larger."''Phaedyma'' Felder, 1861"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''

Species

*'' Phaedyma amphion'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Phaedyma ampliata'' (Butler, 1882) *'' Phaedyma aspasia'' (Leech, 1890) *'' Phaedyma chinga'' Eliot, 1969 *'' Phaedyma columella'' (Cramer,

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*'' Phaedyma daria'' C. & R. Felder,

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/small> *'' Phaedyma fissizonata'' (Butler, 1882) *'' Phaedyma heliopolis'' C. & R. Felder,

/small> *'' Phaedyma mimetica'' (Grose-Smith, 1895) *''

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'' (Moore, 1858)

References

External links

Images representing ''Phaedyma''
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Images representing ''Phaedyma''
at BOLD Limenitidinae Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Rudolf Felder {{Limenitidinae-stub