Nymphalinae

Nymphalinae
Kallima limborgi tribonia museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked):	Rhopalocera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Nymphalinae Swainson, 1827
Tribes
Coeini Junoniini Kallimini Melitaeini Nymphalini Victorinini and see text

Nymphalinae is a subfamily of nymphalid butterflies. Sometimes, the Limenitidinae (and Biblidinae) are included here as a tribe, while the Melitaeini are occasionally considered a distinct subfamily.

Tribes and selected genera^[1]

Listed in taxonomic sequence. Some notable species are also shown:

Tribe Coeini

• Baeotus Hemming, 1939
• Historis Hübner, 1819
• Pycina Doubleday, 1849
• Smyrna Hübner, 1823
• Tigridia Hübner, 1819

Tribe Nymphalini

• Antanartia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 – African Red Admirals
• Araschnia Hübner, 1819
• Colobura Billberg, 1820
• Hypanartia Hübner, 1821
• †Jupitella Carpenter, 1985 (extinct)
• Nymphalis Kluk, 1781 – anglewings
• †Mylothrites Scudder, 1875 (extinct)
• Mynes Boisduval, 1832
• Symbrenthia Hübner, 1819 – jesters
• Vanessa Fabricius, 1807

Tribe Kallimini (Doherty, 1886)

• Catacroptera Karsch, 1894
• Doleschallia C. & R. Felder, 1860
  • Doleschallia bisaltide – Autumnleaf, Leafwing
• Hypolimnas – eggflies, diadems
• Kallima Doubleday, 1849
  • Kallima albofasciata – Andaman Oakleaf
  • Kallima horsfieldi – South Indian Blue Oakleaf
  • Kallima inachus – Orange Oakleaf, Dead Leaf
  • Kallima knyvetti
  • Kallima philarchus – Ceylon Blue Oakleaf
• Mallika Collins & Larsen, 1991

Tribe Victorinini (Scudder, 1893)

• Metamorpha Hübner, 1819
  • Metamorpha elissa Hübner, 1819
• Anartia Hübner, 1819]
• Siproeta Hübner, 1823
• Napeocles Bates, 1864
  • Napeocles jucunda (Hübner, 1808)

Tribe Junoniini (Reuter, 1896)

• Junonia Hübner, 1819 – buckeyes, commodores, pansies
• Precis Hübner, 1819 – pansies
• Salamis Boisduval, 1833
• Yoma Doherty, 1886
  • Yoma sabina – Australian Lurcher

Tribe Melitaeini (Newman, 1870) over 25 genera

Nymphalinae incertae sedis

• Rhinopalpa C. & R. Felder, 1860
  • Rhinopalpa polynice – Wizard
• Kallimoides Shirôzu & Nakanishi, 1984
  • Kallimoides rumia (Westwood, 1850) – African Leaf
• Vanessula Dewitz, 1887
  • Vanessula milca (Hewitson, 1873) – Black and Orange, Lady's Maid
• Crenidomimas Karsch, 1894 (possibly Euryphura)

Tentatively placed here^{[verification needed]}

• †Lithodryas (fossil)

References

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