Hestina: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Hestina
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Hestina
Summary description from Wikipedia:
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).
...Hestina in languages:
- Chinese
- 脈蛺蝶屬
- Japanese
- ゴマダラチョウ属
- Korean
- 홍점알락나비속
- Thai
- สกุล ผีเสื้อไซเรน
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