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Ring Butterflies
Ypthima
Ypthima is a species-rich genus of Old World butterflies in the family Nymphalidae.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common Five-ring
speciesYpthima baldus

Common Four-ring
speciesYpthima huebneri

Striated Ringlet
speciesYpthima multistriata
Malayan Five-ring
speciesYpthima horsfieldii

Common Fivering
speciesYpthima argus

Common Three-ring
speciesYpthima pandocus

Common Three-ring
speciesYpthima asterope

White Four Ring
speciesYpthima ceylonica

Dusky Knight
speciesYpthima arctous

Philippine Five-Ring
speciesYpthima stellera

Himalayan Five-ring
speciesYpthima sakra

Moore’s Fivering
speciesYpthima nikaea

Straight Five-ring
speciesYpthima lisandra

Malayan Six-ring
speciesYpthima fasciata

baby fivering
speciesYpthima philomela

Common Three-Ring
speciesYpthima sempera

Sahyadri Baby Five-ring
speciesYpthima tabella

Large Three-ring
speciesYpthima nareda

Ypthima atra
speciesYpthima atra

Small Three-ring
speciesYpthima norma

Ypthima praenubila
speciesYpthima praenubila

Ypthima nynias
speciesYpthima nynias

Ypthima gavalisi
speciesYpthima gavalisi

Masaki's Three-ring
speciesYpthima masakii

Common Fijian Ringlet
speciesYpthima sesara

Ypthima tappana
speciesYpthima tappana

Ypthima esakii
speciesYpthima esakii

Common Ringlet
speciesYpthima doleta

False Four-ring
speciesYpthima imitans

Ypthima aphnius
speciesYpthima aphnius

Palni Four-ring
speciesYpthima ypthimoides

Ypthima loryma
speciesYpthima loryma

Ypthima akragas
speciesYpthima akragas

Bush Ringlet
speciesYpthima impura

Newar Three Ring
speciesYpthima newara

Jewel Five-ring
speciesYpthima avanta

Silver Ringlet
speciesYpthima albida

Ypthima kalelonda
speciesYpthima kalelonda

Ypthima iarba
speciesYpthima iarba

Kashmir Four-ring
speciesYpthima kasmira

Ypthima megalomma
speciesYpthima megalomma

Confusing Threering
speciesYpthima confusa

Striated Fivering
speciesYpthima striata

Lesser Three-ring
speciesYpthima inica

Ypthima motschulskyi
speciesYpthima motschulskyi

Pallid Fivering
speciesYpthima savara

Ypthima conjuncta
speciesYpthima conjuncta

Ypthima angustipennis
speciesYpthima angustipennis

Ypthima nigricans
speciesYpthima nigricans

Ypthima ancus
speciesYpthima ancus

Ryukyu Three-ring
speciesYpthima riukiuana

Sinhalese Five Ring
speciesYpthima singala

Ypthima yamanakai
speciesYpthima yamanakai

Granular Ringlet
speciesYpthima granulosa

Nilgiri Four-ring
speciesYpthima chenu

Great Fivering
speciesYpthima dohertyi

Dubious Five-ring
speciesYpthima parasakra

Malayan Fivering
speciesYpthima nebulosa

Ypthima iris
speciesYpthima iris

Ypthima recta
speciesYpthima recta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 52085.