Biology:Athyma

Short description: Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Athyma
Staff sergeant (Athyma selenophora) Tadiandamol, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Karnataka, India
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Limenitidini
Genus:	Athyma Westwood, [1850]
Synonyms
Balanga Moore, [1898] Chendrana Moore, [1898] Condochates Moore, [1898] Kironga Moore, [1898] Parathyma Moore, [1898] Pseudohypolimnas Moore, [1898] Sabania Moore, [1898] Tacola Moore, [1898] Tacoraea Moore, [1898] Tatisia Moore, [1898] Tharasia Moore, [1898] Zabana Moore, [1898] Zamboanga Moore, [1898]

Athyma is a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are commonly known as the "true" or "typical" sergeants, to distinguish them from the false sergeants of the genus Pseudathyma, a fairly close relative from the Adoliadini tribe. The genus ranges from Tibet to the Solomon Islands, but does not occur in New Guinea or Australia.

Species

Listed alphabetically:

• Athyma abiasa Moore, 1858
• Athyma alcamene C. & R. Felder, 1863
• Athyma adunora
• Athyma arayata C. & R. Felder, 1863
• Athyma asura Moore, 1858 – studded sergeant
  • Athyma asura baelia (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
• Athyma cama Moore, 1858 – orange staff sergeant
  • Athyma cama zoroastes (Butler, 1877)
• Athyma cosmia Semper, 1878
• Athyma disjuncta Leech, 1890
• Athyma epimethis C. & R. Felder, 1863
• Athyma eulimene (Godart, [1824])
• Athyma eupolia Murayama & Shimonoya, 1962
• Athyma fortuna Leech, 1889
  • Athyma fortuna kodahirai (Sonan, 1938)
• Athyma glora Kheil, 1884
• Athyma godmani Staudinger, 1889
• Athyma gutama Moore, 1858
• Athyma inara Doubleday, 1850 – colour sergeant
• Athyma jagori Fruhstorfer, 1906
• Athyma jina Moore, 1857 – Bhutan sergeant
  • Athyma jima sauteri (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
• Athyma kanwa Moore, 1858 – dot-dash sergeant
• Athyma karita Doherty, 1891
• Athyma kasa Moore, 1858
• Athyma larymna (Doubleday, [1848]) – great sergeant
• Athyma libnites (Hewitson, 1859)
• Athyma nefte (Cramer, [1780]) – colour sergeant
• Athyma maenas C. & R. Felder, 1863
• Athyma magindana Semper, 1878
• Athyma matanga Fruhstorfer, 1905
• Athyma marguritha Fruhstorfer, 1898
• Athyma mindanica Murayama, 1978
• Athyma minensis Yoshino, 1997
• Athyma opalina (Kollar, [1844]) – Himalayan sergeant
  • Athyma opalina hirayamai (Matsumura, 1935)
• Athyma orientalis Elwes, 1888
• Athyma perius (Linnaeus, 1758) – common sergeant
• Athyma pravara Moore, 1857 – unbroken sergeant
• Athyma punctata Leech, 1890
• Athyma ranga Moore, 1857 – blackvein sergeant
• Athyma recurva Leech, 1893
• Athyma reta Moore, 1858 – Malay staff sergeant
• Athyma rufula de Nicéville, [1889] – Andaman sergeant
• Athyma selenophora (Kollar, [1844]) – staff sergeant
  • Athyma selenophora laela (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
• Athyma separata Staudinger, 1889
• Athyma speciosa Staudinger, 1889
• Athyma sulpitia (Cramer, [1779]) – spotted sergeant
• Athyma zeroca Moore, 1872 – small staff sergeant

External links

• Images representing Athyma at EOL
• Images representing Athyma at BOLD

Wikidata ☰ Q1766185 entry