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 Neo-Latin "of harbours", from Ancient Greek Λιμενιτις (from λιμήν, a harbour, haven).[1]
Listed alphabetically within groups:[2]
Species group Basilarchia (North America):
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limenitis archippus (Cramer, [1776]) | Viceroy | The Northwest Territories along the eastern edges of the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada mountains, southwards into central Mexico | |
| Limenitis arthemis (Drury, [1773]) | (American) white admiral or red-spotted purple | North America, 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 (an outlying population), and the Western United States, from the Rocky Mountains westward to the Sierra Nevada and California. | |
Species group helmanni (eastern Asia):
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limenitis helmanni Lederer, 1853 | Eastern Kazakhstan, West Siberia, Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri, China, Korea | ||
| Limenitis doerriesi Staudinger, 1892 | Amur (Khabarovsk), Ussuri, Northeast China, Korea | ||
| Limenitis homeyeri Tancré, 1881 | East Palearctic | ||
Unnamed species group (South-East Asia):
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limenitis rileyi Tytler, 1940 | Tiger-mimic Admiral | Arunachal Pradesh, India | |
| Limenitis staudingeri Ribbe, 1898 | Seram,Indonesia | ||
Ungrouped species (Asia and Europe):
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limenitis albomaculata Leech, 1891 | China, N.Sichuan | ||
| Limenitis amphyssa Ménétriés, 1859 | Amur, Ussuri, Korea, Central China | ||
| Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764) | (Eurasian) 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 (Linnaeus, 1758) | poplar admiral | widespread in continental Europe and many areas in Asia | |
| Limenitis reducta Staudinger, 1901 | southern white admiral | central and southern Europe (northern Spain, southern and eastern France, Italy, the Balkans, and the Alps),[16] 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. | |