Hestina
| Hestina | |
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| Hestina persimilis japonica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Apaturinae |
| Genus: | Hestina Westwood, 1850 |
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 Japan, Celtis formosana Taiwan, Taiwan, Celtis jessoensis, Celtis sinensis, Trema orientalis. Hestina nama larvae feed on Oreocnide (Urticaceae).
Species[]
In alphabetical order:
- Hestina assimilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hall, 1935
- (Hewitson, 1861) – Sulawesi sorcerer
- Hestina japonica (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
- Druce, 1911
- Moore, 1858
- Butler, 1874
- Hestina nama (Doubleday, 1844) – Circe
- de Nicéville, 1900
- Hestina nicevillei (Moore, [1895])
- Hestina ouvradi Riley, 1939
- Hestina persimilis (Westwood, [1850]) – Siren
- Watkins, 1928
External links[]
- "Hestina Westwood, [1850]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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- Apaturinae
- Nymphalidae genera
- Taxa named by John O. Westwood
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