Anaeini
Appearance
Anaeini | |
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Anaea aidea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
Tribe: | Anaeini Reuter, 1896 |
Genera | |
Ten, see text |
Anaeini is a tribe of Neotropical brush-footed butterflies. Their wing undersides usually mimic dead leaves.
Included genera (and notable species) are:
- Anaea Hübner, [1819][1][2]
- Coenophlebia
- Consul
- Fountainea (several formerly in Anaea)
- Hypna
- Memphis (formerly included in Anaea)
- Polygrapha
- Siderone
- Zaretis Hübner, [1819]
Anaeomorpha is sometimes placed here, but more often in the Preponini.
References
[edit]- ^ "Anaea Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007) A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 120–1.
External links
[edit]- Pteron Images.In Japanese but with binomial names
- Mariposa Mexicanas Excellent images of Mexican Anaeni