Morphinae

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Morphinae
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera (unranked) Rhopalocera Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Nymphalidae Subfamily: Morphinae
Tribes
Amathusiini Brassolini Morphini but see text

Morphinae is a subfamily of Nymphalidae butterflies that includes the morphos, the owl butterflies (Caligo) and related groups.

[edit] Systematics

Morphini

• Antirrhea
• Caerois
• Morpho

Amathusiini (sometimes considered an own subfamily Amathusiinae)

• Aemona
• Amathusia
• Amathuxidia
• Discophora
• Enispe
• Faunis
• Hyantis
• Melanocyma
• Morphopsis
• Stichophthalma
• Taenaris
• Thaumantis
• Thauria
• Xanthotaenia
• Zeuxidia

Brassolini (previously considered as subfamily Brassolinae)

• Aponarope
• Bia (currently placed in Satyrinae as only genus in tribe Biini; see Freitas et al., 2002)
• Blepolensis
• Brassolis
• Caligo
• Caligopsis
• Catoblepia
• Dasyophthalma
• Dynastor
• Eryphanis
• Mielkella
• Mimoblepia
• Narope
• Naropina
• Opoptera
• Opsiphanes
• Orobrassolis
• Penetes
• Selenophanes

[edit] References

• Freitas, A. V. L., Debra L. Murray, D. L., and Brown, K. S., Jr. 2002. Immatures, natural history and the systematic position of Bia actorion (Nymphalidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 56(3): 117-122, 2 figs. (11 October) (Bia placed in Satyrinae)
• Lamas, G. (Ed.). (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Gainesville: Association for Tropical Lepidoptera. ISBN 094541728.

[edit] External links

• nearctica.com: Checklist of Nearctic Nymphalidae. Retrieved 2007-JUN-05.
• Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Morphinae. Version of 2007-MAR-27. Retrieved 2007-JUN-05.