Hestina

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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, for 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

Taxon identifiers	EoL: 20003 GBIF: 1898433 NCBI: 270464 Fossilworks: 245015

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