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Hestina
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Hestina

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 food plants 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).

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Red Ring Skirt

speciesHestina assimilis

Siren

speciesHestina persimilis

scarce siren

speciesHestina nicevillei

Hestina subviridis

speciesHestina subviridis

Hestina aporina

speciesHestina aporina

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 129161.