Athyma selenophora, the staff sergeant,[1][2] is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in tropical and subtropical Asia.

[1][2] The male upperside is black with a forewing that has a discoidal streak deep red, twice divided, with the apical portion dusky white.

The hindwing has a broad white discal band of the forewing continued across to vein 1, a postdiscal narrow diffuse pale macular band, and a subterminal pale line; abdominal fold dusky grey; cilia of both forewings and hindwings black, alternated with white.

[3][4] Wingspan 66–72 mm Habitat: the Himalayas; southern India, the Nilgiris, the Western Ghats; Assam, Myanmar and northern Tenasserim.

[3] Larva and pupa: Like that of Athyma inara, Doubleday & Hewitson, but the dorsal patch is much smaller and there are some white spots on the sides.