Athyma

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Athyma
Staff Sergeant (Athyma selenophora) Tadiandamol, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Karnataka
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera (unranked) Rhopalocera Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Nymphalidae Subfamily: Limenitidinae Tribe: Limenitidini Genus: Athyma
Species
Numerous, see text.

Athyma is a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are commonly known as the sergeants.

[edit] Selected species

• Athyma adunora
• Studded Sergeant, Athyma asura
  • Athyma asura baelia (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
• Orange Staff Sergeant, Athyma cama
  • Athyma cama zoroastes (Butler, 1877)
• Athyma fortuna
  • Athyma fortuna kodahirai (Sonan, 1938)
• Bhutan Sergeant, Athyma jina
  • Athyma jima sauteri (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
• Dot-dash Sergeant, Athyma kanwa
• Athyma karita
• Great Sergeant, Athyma larymna
• Colour Sergeant, Athyma nefte
  • Athyma (nefte) inara
• Himalayan Sergeant, Athyma opalina
  • Athyma opalina hirayamai (Matsumura, 1935)
• Common Sergeant, Athyma perius
• Unbroken Sergeant, Athyma pravara
• Blackvein Sergeant, Athyma ranga
• Malay Staff Sergeant, Athyma reta
• Andaman Sergeant, Athyma rufula
• Staff Sergeant, Athyma selenophora
  • Athyma selenophora laela (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
• Spotted Segeant, Athyma sulpitia
• Small Staff Sergeant, Athyma zeroca