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Hestina

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae

Taxonomy
Hestina was named by Westwood (1850). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nymphalinae by Sohn et al. (2012).

Species
H. japonica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Hestina Westwood
2012Hestina Sohn et al. p. 67

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Metamphiesmenoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
—Endymenoptera
—Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
—Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
—CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
—EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Euheteroneura
—DitrysiaBorner 1925
—ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
—ObtectomeraMinet 1986
superfamilyPapilionoidea
familyNymphalidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyNymphalinaeSwinson 1827
genusHestinaWestwood 1850

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Hestina Westwood 1850
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Hestina japonica Felder and Felder 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available