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Satyrinae The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...

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. The tribe occurs exclusively in tropical rain forests in the

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. It contains 29 described species and 39 subspecies classified in the following five

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Cithaerias ''Cithaerias'' is a Neotropical butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to ...

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Dulcedo ''Dulcedo'' is a Neotropical butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The genus is monotypic: its sole species is ''Dulcedo polita'', which occurs from Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nic ...

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Haetera ''Haetera'' is a Neotropical butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the ...

'' Fabricius, 1807 * ''

Pierella ''Pierella'' is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico through Central America to South America. The species of ''Pierella'' have larger hindwings than forewings, unique among butterflies. The o ...

'' Westwood,

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Pseudohaetera ''Pseudohaetera'' is a Neotropical butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging ...

'' Brown, 1942

Notes

References

* (ed), 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera. * , 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. * , 2009. Haeterini Herrich-Schaeffer 1864. Version 2 June 2009 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Haeterini/70265/2009.06.02 i
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