Limenitis
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Limenitis is a genus of brush-footed butterflies, commonly called the admirals. The sister butterflies (Adelpha) and commander butterflies (Moduza) are sometimes included here. The name Limenitis is Neo-Latin "of harbours", from Ancient Greek Λιμενιτις (from λιμήν, a harbour, haven).
Limenitis is a genus of brush-footed butterflies, commonly called the admirals. The sister butterflies (Adelpha) and commander butterflies (Moduza) are sometimes included here. The name Limenitis is Neo-Latin "of harbours", from Ancient Greek Λιμενιτις (from λιμήν, a harbour, haven).
Species
Listed alphabetically within groups: Species group Basilarchia (North America): Species group helmanni (eastern Asia): Unnamed species group (South-East Asia): Ungrouped species (Asia and Europe):
References
Further reading
Glassberg, Jeffrey Butterflies through Binoculars: The West (2001) Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. Butterflies of British Columbia (2001) James, David G. and Nunnallee, David Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies (2011) Pelham, Jonathan Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (2008) Pyle, Robert Michael The Butterflies of Cascadia (2002)
External links
Checklist of Nearctic Nymphalidae Butterflies and Moths of North America Butterflies of America Images representing Limenitis at EOL Images representing Limenitis at Bold
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