Limenitis

Limenitis
File:Limenitis reducta01.jpg
Southern White Admiral (L. reducta)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Division:	Rhopalocera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Limenitidinae
Genus:	Limenitis Fabricius, 1807
Species
25 sp., see text

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 New Latin "of harbours", from Ancient Greek Λιμενιτις (from λιμήν, a harbour, haven).

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups.

Species group Basilarchia (North American):

File:White Admiral, dorsal.jpg

White admiral (L. arthemis), Ottawa, Canada

• Limenitis archippus (Cramer, [1776]) – Viceroy
• Limenitis arthemis (Drury, [1773]) – (American) White Admiral or Red-spotted Purple
• Limenitis lorquini Boisduval, 1852 – Lorquin's Admiral
• Limenitis weidemeyerii Edwards, 1861 – Weidemeyer's Admiral

Unnamed species group (South-east Asia):

• Limenitis rileyi Tytler, 1940
• Limenitis staudingeri Ribbe, 1898

Ungrouped (Asian):

File:Limenitis populi-01.jpg

Poplar Admiral (L. populi)

• Limenitis albomaculata Leech, 1891
• Limenitis amphyssa Ménétriés, 1859
• Limenitis calidosa Moore, 1858
• Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764) – (Eurasian) White Admiral
• Limenitis ciocolatina Poujade, 1885
• Limenitis cleophas Oberthür, 1893
• Limenitis doerriesi Staudinger, 1892
• Limenitis dubernardi Oberthür, 1903
• Limenitis elwesi Oberthür, 1884
• Limenitis glorifica Fruhstorfer, 1909 – Honshu White Admiral
• Limenitis helmanni Lederer, 1853
• Limenitis homeyeri Tancré, 1881
• Limenitis imitata (Butler, 1883)
• Limenitis lepechini Erschoff, 1874
• Limenitis misuji Sugiyama, 1994
• Limenitis moltrechti Kardakov, 1928
• Limenitis populi (Linnaeus, 1758) – Poplar Admiral
• Limenitis reducta Staudinger, 1901 – Southern White Admiral
• Limenitis sydyi Lederer, 1853
• Limenitis trivena Moore, 1864 – Indian White Admiral

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