Biblidinae

 Acontius firewing Catonephele acontius, photographed by Joseph Tobias.

Belongs within: Nymphalidae.

The Biblidinae is a primarily Neotropical group of butterflies, distinguished by the structure of the male hypandrium (Wahlberg et al. 2003).

<==Biblidinae
    |--Hamadryas februaWWN03
    |--Sevenia boisduvaliWWN03
    |--+--Ariadne emotreaWWN03
    |  `--Eurytela [Eurytelini]WWN03
    |       |--E. dryopeWWN03
    |       `--E. hiarbasB01
    `--+--Nica flavillaWWN03
       `--Catonephele [Catonephelini]WWN03
            |--C. acontiusS55
            |    |--C. a. acontiusS55
            |    `--C. a. exquisitus Stichel 1899S55
            |--C. numilia (Cramer 1779)S55
            `--C. salacia Hewitson 1852S55
Biblidinae incertae sedis:
  BiblisG20 [BiblidiniWWN03]
    `--B. naupliaG20
  AgeroniaS55 [AgeroniiniWWN03]
    |--A. amphinomeFS54
    |    |--A. a. amphinomeFS54
    |    `--A. a. mexicana (Lucas 1853)FS54
    |--A. arethusaS55
    |    |--A. a. arethusaS55
    |    `--A. a. thearida Fruhstorfer 1916S55
    |--A. chloeS55
    |    |--A. c. chloeS55
    |    `--A. c. nomia Fruhstorfer 1916S55
    |--A. februaFS54
    |    |--A. f. februaFS54
    |    `--A. f. fundania Fruhstorfer 1916FS54
    `--A. feronia (Linnaeus 1764)S55
  EpiphileS55 [EpiphiliniWWN03]
    `--E. orea (Hübner 1816)S55
  DynamineS55 [DynamininiWWN03]
    |--D. gisella (Hewitson 1857)S55
    |--D. hoppiW92
    |--D. niveataS55
    `--D. salpensa (Felder 1862)S55
  CallicoreS55 [CallicoriniWWN03]
    |--C. clymena (Cramer 1776)S55, B66 [=Papilio clymenaB66, P. clymenusB66, Catagramma clymenaB66]
    |    |--C. c. clymenaS55
    |    `--C. c. peruvianaS55
    |--C. lidwina Felder 1862S55
    |--C. panthalisFS54
    `--C. salvadorensis Franz & Schröder 1954FS54

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B66] Butler, A. G. 1866. Notes on some species of butterflies belonging to the genus Catagramma. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 578–580.

[B01] Butler, A. G. 1901. An account of a collection of butterflies obtained by Lord Delamere, chiefly at Munisu, near Mount Kenya. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 197–203.

[FS54] Franz, E., & H. Schröder. 1954. Tagfalter (Lep. Rhopalocera) aus El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica 35: 75–87.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[S55] Schröder, H. 1955. Eine Falter-Ausbeute aus dem westlichen Bolivien. (Ins. Lepid. Rhopal.) Senckenbergiana Biologica 36: 329–338.

[WWN03] Wahlberg, N., E. Weingartner & S. Nylin. 2003. Towards a better understanding of the higher systematics of Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28: 473–484.

[W92] Wilson, E. O. 1992. The Diversity of Life. Harvard University Press: Belknap (USA).

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