- Source: Haeterini
The Haeterini are one of the smaller tribes of the Satyrinae in the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterfly) family. The tribe occurs exclusively in tropical rain forests in the Neotropical realm.
It contains 29 described species and 39 subspecies classified in the following five genera:
There are differences in the shape of the forewings between males and females, with males having wing shapes that are more efficient in gliding flight performance.
Cithaerias Hübner, [1819]
Dulcedo d'Almeida, 1951
Haetera Fabricius, 1807
Pierella Westwood, [1851]
Pseudohaetera Brown, 1942
Notes
References
Lamas, G. (ed), 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea – Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
Matos-Maraví, P., Wahlberg, N., Antonelli, A. & Penz, C.M., 2019. Species limits in butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): reconciling classical taxonomy with the multispecies coalescent. Systematic Entomology, in press. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12352.
Wahlberg, N. & Andrew V.Z.B., 2009. Haeterini Herrich-Schaeffer 1864. Version 2 June 2009 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Haeterini/70265/2009.06.02 Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine in The Tree of Life Web Project.
External links
Pteron Images. In Japanese but with Latin scientific names
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Haeterini
- Satyrinae
- List of Lepidoptera of Honduras
- Cithaerias
- Dulcedo
- Pseudohaetera
- Pierella hyalinus
- Haetera
- Pierella lena
- Pierella astyoche
