The Morphinae are a

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Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

that includes the

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, the owl butterflies (''Caligo''), and related lineages. It is either considered a sister group of the Satyrinae, or disassembled and included therein.

Systematics

This group sometimes includes the

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(sub)tribe Biina, otherwise placed in the Brassolini. This group is the subject of intense study and the following classification is subject to modification. Listed alphabetically by tribe.Morphinae
funet.fr Tribe Amathusiini (sometimes considered a distinct subfamily Amathusiinae): * 15 genera, see tribe article Tribe

Brassolini Brassolini is a tribe usually placed in the brush-footed butterfly subfamily Morphinae, which is often included in the Satyrinae as a tribe Morphini. If this is accepted, the Brassolini become the sister tribe of the Morphini among the Satyrina ...

(previously considered a distinct subfamily Brassolinae): * 18-19 genera, see tribe article Tribe Morphini: * '' Antirrhea'' * '' Caerois'' * ''

Morpho The morpho butterflies comprise many species of Neotropical butterfly under the genus ''Morpho''. This genus includes more than 29 accepted species and 147 accepted subspecies, found mostly in South America, Mexico, and Central America. ''Morph ...

References

External links

nearctica.com:
Checklist of Nearctic Nymphalidae. Retrieved 2007-JUN-05.

Morphinae. Version of 2007-MAR-27. Retrieved 2007-JUN-05.
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Note that here the tribes of Morphinae are now tribes of Satyrinae

Brassolini are treated (ranked) as a subfamily Morphinae - Butterfly subfamilies {{Morphinae-stub