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Taxa named by J. W. Tutt

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Coreana
Coreana is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Coreana raphaelis, which is found in the east Palearctic in Ussuri, north-east China, Korea and Japan (Honshu).
Japonica
genus of insects
Clarina
genus of insects
Muschampia
Muschampia is a Palearctic genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Hellinsia
Hellinsia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It was created by J.W. Tutt in honour of the entomologist John Hellins.
Emmelina
Emmelina is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution.
Gillmeria
Gillmeria is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The genus was described by the English schoolteacher and entomologist, James William Tutt in 1905.
Tongeia
Tongeia is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in temperate East Asia. Most species are endemic to China and many species are recently described from China. The best known species is the more widely distributed Tongeia fischeri (Fischer's blue).
Ussuriana
Ussuriana is a genus of hairstreaks in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. There are at least four described species in Ussuriana, found in the eastern Palearctic.
Adaina
Adaina is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The genus was erected in 1905 by J. W. Tutt. Several of its species have gall-inducing larvae, such as Adaina primulacea, of which the larvae induce stem galls on Chromolaena odorata, and Adaina microdactyla, which induces stem galls on Eupatorium cannabinum.
Anthocharini
The tribe Anthocharini is one of the subdivisions of the insect order Lepidoptera, which includes the moths and butterflies. It is a further subdivision of the butterfly family Pieridae and subfamily Pierinae; formerly it was considered a subfamily on its own, Anthocharinae. This tribe includes many, but not all, of the orangetip butterflies.
Crombrugghia
Crombrugghia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It was erected by James William Tutt in 1906.
Capperia
Capperia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Porrittia
Porrittia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Buckleria
Buckleria is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Caterpillars of this genus feed on Drosera leaves.
Luffia
Luffia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Psychidae and are found in Europe. Species are either bisexual with apterous (i.e.wingless) females or parthenogenetic where the larva develops from an egg without fertilisation.
Wheeleria
Wheeleria is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Merrifieldia
Merrifieldia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It has an Old World distribution, with species known from Asia, Africa and Europe.