Genus Hestina Westwood, [1850]

Hestina Westwood, [1850]: 281. Type species: Papilio assimilis Linnaeus, 1758 . Diagora Snellen, 1894: 67 . Type species: Apatura japonica Felder and Felder, 1862 . (subjective synonym) Parhestina Moore, [1896]: 34 (repl. Diagora Snellen). Type species: Diadema persimilis Westwood, [1850]. (subjective

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This genus is comprised of 13 species from East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Himalayas: Hestina japonica (Felder and Felder, 1862), Hestina persimilis (Westwood, [1850]), Hestina assimilis (Linnaeus, 1758), Hestina mena Moore, 1858, Hestina waterstradti (Watkins, 1928), Hestina dissimilis Hall, 1935, Hestina divona (Hewitson, 1861), Hestina mimetica Butler, 1874, Hestina nama (Doubleday, 1845), Hestina jermyni (Druce, 1911), Hestina ouvrardi (Watkins, 1928), Hestina nicevillei (Moore, [1896]) and Hestina namoides de Nicéville, 1900.