Morphinae

Not to be confused with Morphine.
Morphinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Morphinae (disputed)
Tribes

(but see text)

The Morphinae are a subfamily of Nymphalidae butterflies that includes the morphos, the owl butterflies (Caligo), and related lineages. It is either considered a sister group of the Satyrinae, or disassembled and included therein.

Systematics

A Morphinae on dragon fruit

This group sometimes includes the monotypic (sub)tribe Biina, otherwise placed in the Brassolini.[1] This group is the subject of intense study and the following classification is subject to modification.[2]

Listed alphabetically by tribe.[3]

Tribe Amathusiini (sometimes considered a distinct subfamily Amathusiinae):

Tribe Brassolini (previously considered a distinct subfamily Brassolinae):

Tribe Morphini:


References

  1. Freitas, A. V. L., Debra L. Murray, D. L., and Brown, K. S., Jr. 2002. Immatures, natural history and the systematic position of Bia actorion (Nymphalidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 56(3): 117-122, 2 figs. (11 October) (Bia placed in Satyrinae)
  2. Lamas, G. (Ed.). (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Gainesville: Association for Tropical Lepidoptera. ISBN 0-945417-28-4.
  3. Morphinae, funet.fr

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