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).
Species
In alphabetical order:
- Hestina assimilis <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Hestina dissimilis <small>Hall, 1935</small>
- Hestina divona <small>(Hewitson, 1861)</small> â Sulawesi sorcerer
- Hestina japonica <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1862)</small>
- Hestina jermyni <small>Druce, 1911</small>
- Hestina mena <small>Moore, 1858</small>
- Hestina mimetica <small>Butler, 1874</small>
- Hestina nama <small>(Doubleday, 1844)</small> â Circe
- Hestina namoides <small>de Nicéville, 1900</small>
- Hestina nicevillei <small>(Moore, [1895])</small>
- Hestina ouvradi <small>Riley, 1939</small>
- Hestina persimilis <small>(Westwood, [1850])</small> â Siren
- Hestina risna
- Hestina waterstradti <small>Watkins, 1928</small>
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