Junoniini

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Junoniini
Junonia genoveva - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Junoniini
Reuter, 1896
Genera

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Junoniini is a tribe of nymphalid brush-footed butterflies.

Genera

  • Junonia Hübner, 1819 buckeyes, commodores, "pansies"
  • Precis Hübner, 1819 "pansies"
  • Protogoniomorpha Wallengren, 1857 (formerly in Salamis)
  • Salamis Boisduval, 1833 mother-of-pearls
  • Yoma Doherty, 1886

Some classifications place the eggflies and diadems (Hypolimnas) here, others in the Kallimini.

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