Limenitis
Limenitis is a genus of brush-footed butterflies, commonly called the admirals. The sister butterflies and commander butterflies are sometimes included here.
The name Limenitis is New Latin "of harbours", from Ancient Greek Λιμενιτις.
Species
Listed alphabetically within groups:Species group Basilarchia :
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
| Limenitis archippus | viceroy | the Northwest Territories along the eastern edges of the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada mountains, southwards into central Mexico | |
| Limenitis arthemis | white admiral or red-spotted purple | North american ranging from New England and southern Great Lakes area all the way to various parts of Canada | |
| Limenitis lorquini Boisduval, 1852 | Lorquin's admiral | across the Upper Sonoran to the Canadian Zone, east to western Montana and Idaho. | |
| Limenitis weidemeyerii Edwards, 1861 | Weidemeyer's admiral | western Canada, the northern Great Plains, and the Western United States, from the Rocky Mountains westward to the Sierra Nevada and California. |
Species group helmanni :
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
| Limenitis helmanni Lederer, 1853 | Eastern Kazakhstan, West Siberia, Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri, China, Korea | ||
| Limenitis doerriesi Staudinger, 1892 | Amur, Ussuri, Northeast China, Korea | ||
| Limenitis homeyeri Tancré, 1881 | East Palearctic |
Unnamed species group :
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
| Limenitis rileyi Tytler, 1940 | Tiger-mimic Admiral | Arunachal Pradesh, India | |
| Limenitis staudingeri Ribbe, 1898 | Seram,Indonesia |
Ungrouped species :
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
| Limenitis albomaculata Leech, 1891 | China, N.Sichuan | ||
| Limenitis amphyssa Ménétriés, 1859 | Amur, Ussuri, Korea, Central China | ||
| Limenitis camilla | white admiral | southern Britain and much of Europe; Eastern Asia, from Amur River extending as far east as Japan. | |
| Limenitis ciocolatina Poujade, 1885 | Sichuan, China | ||
| Limenitis cleophas Oberthür, 1893 | China | ||
| Limenitis dubernardi Oberthür, 1903 | Tibet, China | ||
| Limenitis glorifica Fruhstorfer, 1909 | Honshu white admiral | island of Honshu, in Japan | |
| Limenitis lepechini Erschoff, 1874 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan | ||
| Limenitis moltrechti Kardakov, 1928 | Amur, Ussuri, Korea, Kyuojo, Kanhoku | ||
| Limenitis populi | poplar admiral | widespread in continental Europe and many areas in Asia | |
| Limenitis reducta Staudinger, 1901 | southern white admiral | central and southern Europe, in Western Asia, in Syria, the Caucasus and Iran. | |
| Limenitis sydyi Lederer, 1853 | Lower Bukhtarma R., E. Kazakhstan; West Altai in Russia; Eastern Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri, China, Korea. | ||
| Limenitis trivena Moore, 1864 | Indian white admiral | tropical and subtropical Asia. |