Hestina

Hestina
	Hestina persimilis japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Division:	Rhopalocera
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Apaturinae
Genus:	Hestina; Westwood, 1850
Species
	Hestina assimilis; Hestina dissimilis; Hestina divona; Hestina japonica; Hestina jermyni; Hestina mena; Hestina mimetica; Hestina nama, Circe; Hestina namoides; Hestina risna; Hestina nicevillei, known from a single male, probably an aberration; Hestina ouvradi; Hestina persimilis; Hestina waterstradti;

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 foodplants are Celtis and , 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).

External links

Hestina at funet.fi

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