Euptychiina

Euptychiina
Arizona Pine Satyr (Paramacera allyni)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Satyrinae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Subtribe:	Euptychiina L.Miller, 1968
Genera
About 44, see text

Euptychiina is one of the largest subtribes of the butterfly subfamily Satyrinae (family Nymphalidae). The only two comprehensive studies that include Euptychiina are the works of L. D. Miller and W. Forster,^[1] though the latter is now largely considered obsolete.

Although the classification of brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae) is currently under heavy revision, the Euptychiina is still little-studied by taxonomists. In fact, the group is so difficult to classify that D'Abrera placed almost all Euptychiina in a so-called wastebasket genus that he called "Euptychia" in his popular guide to Neotropical butterflies.^[2]

Taxonomy and evolution

A recent study proposes a hypothesis for the evolutionary relationships of Euptychiina, including estimates of time for the origin and diversification of major lineages, and also including a theory of biogeography for the group.^[3] A recent study has shed some light on the taxonomy of the Taygetis clade and synonymized some genera and proposed new species combinations.^[4]

Genera

Listed alphabetically.^[5]

Amphidecta Butler, 1867 Archeuptychia Forster, 1964 Caeruleuptychia Forster, 1964 (including Weymerana) Capronnieria Forster, 1964 Cepheuptychia Forster, 1964 Cercyeuptychia Miller & Emmel, 1971 Chloreuptychia Forster, 1964 Cissia Doubleday, 1848 (including Vareuptychia and sometimes Pareuptychia) Coenoptychia Le Cerf, 1919 Cyllopsis Felder, 1869 Erichthodes Forster, 1964 Euptychia Hübner, 1818 Euptychoides Forster, 1964 Forsterinaria Gray, 1973 Godartiana Forster, 1964 Harjesia Forster, 1964 Hermeuptychia Forster, 1964 Magneuptychia Forster, 1964 Megeuptychia Forster, 1964 Megisto Hubner, [1819]

Moneuptychia Forster, 1964 (including Carminda) Neonympha Hübner, 1818 Oressinoma Doubleday, [1849] Palaeonympha Butler, 1871 Paramacera Butler, 1868 Parataygetis Forster, 1964 Pareuptychia Forster, 1964 Paryphthimoides Forster, 1964 Pharneuptychia Forster, 1964 Pindis Felder, 1869 Posttaygetis Forster, 1964 Praefaunula Forster, 1964 Prenda Freitas & Mielke, 2011 Pseudeuptychia Forster, 1964 Pseudodebis Forster, 1964 Rareuptychia Forster, 1964 Satyrotaygetis Forster, 1964 Splendeuptychia Forster, 1964 Taydebis Freitas, 2003 Taygetina Forster, 1964 Taygetis Hübner, [1819] Taygetomorpha Miller, 2004 Yphthimoides Forster, 1964 Zischkaia Forster, 1964

Footnotes

1. Forster (1964), Miller (1968)
2. D'Abrera (1988)
3. Peña, C.; Nylin, S.; Freitas, A.V.L.; Wahlberg, N. (2010). "Biogeographic history of the butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". Zoologica Scripta 39 (3): 243–258. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00421.x.
4. Matos-Maraví P.F., Peña C., Willmott K.R., Freitas A.V.L., Wahlberg N. 2012. Systematics and evolutionary history of butterflies in the “Taygetis clade” (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Euptychiina): Towards a better understanding of Neotropical biogeography. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. 66:54–68. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.005
5. Satyrinae, funet.fi

References

• D'Abrera, B.L. (1988): The butterflies of the Neotropical region. Part 5. Nymphalidae (conc.), Satryidae. Hill House, Fearny Creek, Australia.
• Forster, W. (1964): Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Boliviens XIX, Lepidoptera III, Satyridae ["Contributions to the knowledge of the insect fauna of Bolivia XIX"]. Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München 8: 51-188, plates 127-135 [in German].
• Lehman, Richard (2007): Butterflies of Southern Amazonia. Neotropical Butterflies, Mission, Texas.
• Miller, L.D. (1968): The higher classification, phylogeny and zoogeography of the Satyridae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 24: 1-174.