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Red ring skirt

Hestina assimilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The red ring skirt (Hestina assimilis) is a species in the family Nymphalidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the red ring skirt

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
All year
Generations a year
Several
Larval food plants
Cannabaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the red ring skirt live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the red ring skirt as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Japaninvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the red ring skirt endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the red ring skirt classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNymphalidae
  6. genusHestina
  7. SpeciesHestina assimilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Hestina assimilis assimilis, Hestina assimilis coreana, Hestina subdecorata, Papilio assimilis, Sasakia coreana

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Painted CourtesanEnglish
  • 赤星胡麻斑Japanese
  • 홍점알락나비Korean
  • 黑脈蛺蝶Chinese
  • アカホシゴマダラJapanese
  • アカボシゴマダラJapanese
  • 黑脉蛱蝶Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the red ring skirt

Other species in the same genus Hestina.

CompareRed ring skirt vs Scarce sirenRed ring skirt vs Hestina aporinaRed ring skirt vs Hestina dissimilisRed ring skirt vs Hestina japonica

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the red ring skirt an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the red ring skirt as invasive in 1 country: Japan. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the red ring skirt?

The red ring skirt (Hestina assimilis) belongs to the family Nymphalidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Red ring skirt (Hestina assimilis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-ring-skirt

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BibTeX
@misc{red_ring_skirt_2026,
  title = {Red ring skirt (Hestina assimilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-ring-skirt},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}