Argestina

Argestina
Argestina karta, figures 11 and 12
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Genus:	Argestina Riley, 1923

Argestina is a butterfly genus of the Satyrinae. The genus is confined to the Palearctic. All the species are from China and Tibet.

Species

• Argestina phantasta Goltz, 1938 Yunnan
• Argestina pomena (Evans, 1915)
  • A. p. shuana (Evans, 1915) Tibet
  • A. p. chiuna (Bailey, 1935) Tibet
• Argestina inconstans (South, 1913) Tibet
• Argestina irma Evans, 1923 Tibet
• Argestina karta Riley, 1923 Tibet
• Argestina nitida Riley, 1923 Tibet
• Argestina waltoni (Elwes, 1906) Tibet

References

• "Argestina Riley, 1923" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms