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Hestina
Sign in to saveHestina is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae subfamily Apaturinae. The genus is found in the East Palearctic and Southeast Asia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNymphalidae
Observations recorded8,048
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 21
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Collections
- YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UMNH, FMNH, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV), PU
- Recorded in
- Philippines, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal, China
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Apaturinae
- Image
- Hestina persimilis japonica2.jpg
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- Hestina
- taxon name
- Hestina
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- Category:Hestina
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Hestina is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae subfamily Apaturinae. The genus is found in the East Palearctic and Southeast Asia.
Known larval food plants are Celtis and, for one species, Trema (Ulmaceae). These include Celtis boninensis Japan, Celtis formosana Taiwan, Celtis nervosa Taiwan, Celtis jessoensis, Celtis sinensis, Trema orientalis. Hestina nama larvae feed on Oreocnide (Urticaceae).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hestina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.