Limenitis
Limenitis is a genus of brush-footed butterflies, commonly called the Admirals. The Sister butterflies (Adelpha) and Commander butterflies (Moduza) are sometimes included here.
The name Limenitis is New Latin "of harbours", from Ancient Greek Λιμενιτις (from λιμήν, a harbour, haven).[1]
Species[2]
Group Basilarchia (North American):
Ungrouped (Asian):
- Limenitis amphyssa Ménétriés, 1859
- Limenitis calidosa Moore, 1858
- Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764) – (Eurasian) White Admiral
- Limenitis ciocolatina Poujade, 1885
- Limenitis cleophas Oberthür, 1893
- Limenitis doerriesi Staudinger, 1892
- Limenitis dubernardi Oberthür, 1903
- Limenitis elwesi Oberthür, 1883
- Limenitis glorifica Fruhstorfer, 1909
- Limenitis helmanni Lederer, 1853
- Limenitis homeyeri Tancré, 1881
- Limenitis imitata (Butler, 1883)
- Limenitis lepechini Erschoff, 1874
- Limenitis misuji Sugiyama, 1994
- Limenitis moltrechti Kardakov, 1928
- Limenitis populi (Linnaeus, 1758) – Poplar Admiral
- Limenitis reducta Staudinger, 1901 – Southern White Admiral
- Limenitis rileyi Tytler, 1940
- Limenitis staudingeri Ribbe, 1898
- Limenitis sydyi Lederer, 1853
- Limenitis trivena Moore, 1864 – Indian White Admiral
References
- ^ The Century Dictionary by The Century Company. Available online at dictionary.com/index.html.
- ^ Limenitis, funet,fi
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