Anaeini
| Anaeini | |
|---|---|
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| Museum specimen of Cramer's Leafwing (Zaretis isidora) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| (unranked): | Rhopalocera |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
| Tribe: | Anaeini Reuter, 1896 |
| Genera | |
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10, 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]
- Anaea aidea – Tropical Leafwing
- Anaea andria – Goatweed Leafwing
- Anaea eurypyle – Pointed Leafwing
- Anaea glycerium – Angled Leafwing
- Anaea halice – Pear-winged Leafwing
- Anaea nobilis – Noble Leafwing
- Anaea oenomaiis – Blue Leafwing
- Anaea ryphea – Blue-barred Leafwing
- Anaea troglodyta (Fabricius, 1775) – Florida Leafwing, Portia, or Florida Goatweed Butterfly
- Coenophlebia
- Consul
- Fountainea
- Hypna
- Memphis (formerly included in Anaea)
- Polygrapha
- Siderone
- Zaretis Hübner, [1819]
Aneaomorpha is sometimes placed here, but more often in the Preponini
References
External links
- Pteron Images.In Japanese but with binomial names
- Mariposa Mexicanas Excellent images of Mexican Anaeni
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