Limenitis

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