Riodininae
| Riodininae | |
|---|---|
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| Lange's Metalmark Apodemia mormo langei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| (unranked): | Rhopalocera |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Subfamily: | Riodininae |
| Tribes | |
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Eurybiini | |
The Riodininae are the larger by far of the subfamilies of the metalmark butterfly family, Riodinidae. The latter was long united with the Lycaenidae.
A number of Riodininae genera are of uncertain affiliations.[1] They might belong into the Helicopini, but this needs further study. Such genera incertae sedis are:
- Apodemia
- Argyrogrammana
- Astraeodes
- Callistium
- Calydna
- Comphotis
- Dianesia
- Echenais
- Echydna
- Emesis
- Imelda
- Lamphiotes
- Machaya
- Pachythone
- Petrocerus
- Pixus
- Pseudonymphidia
- Pseudotinea
- Roeberella
- Zabuella
Footnotes
- ↑ See Savela (2007) for references.
References
- Savela, Markku (2007): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Riodinidae. Version of 2007-AUG-07. Retrieved 2007-SEP-09.
Further reading
- Glassberg, Jeffrey Butterflies through Binoculars, The West (2001)
- Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. Butterflies of British Columbia (2001)
- James, David G. and Nunnallee, David Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies (2011)
- Pelham, Jonathan Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (2008)
- Pyle, Robert Michael The Butterflies of Cascadia (2002)
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