Athyma

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.

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]

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