Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
The family Nymphalidae is the most speciose family of butterflies with about 6000 described species so far. The family contains many well-known species, such as the monarch, the Painted Lady, the buckeye, the fritillaries, checkerspots and the electric blue morphos. All species of Nymphalidae are united by a single morphological character, the tricarinate ridges found on the adult butterfly's antennae. Most also exhibit extreme reduction in the size of the forelegs, particularly in males (this feature is also exhibited by Riodinidae). Wahlberg, Niklas and Andrew V. Z. Brower. 2009. Nymphalidae Rafinesque 1815. Brush-footed Butterflies. Version 15 September 2009 (under construction).http://tolweb.org/Nymphalidae/12172/2009.09.15 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
Subfamily: Apaturinae Boisduval, 1840
Genera: Euripus, Hestina, Mimathyma, Rohana, Sephisa
Subfamily: Biblidinae Boisduval, 1833
Genera: Ariadne, Laringa
Subfamily: Charaxinae Doherty, 1886
Genera: Charaxes, Polyura
Subfamily: Cyrestinae Guenée, 1865
Genera: Chersonesia, Cyrestis, Pseudergolis
Subfamily: Danainae Boisduval, 1833
Genera: Danaus, Euploea, Ideopsis, Parantica, Tirumala
Subfamily: Heliconiinae Swainson, 1822
Genera: Acraea, Cethosia, Cirrochroa, Cupha, Dryas, Paduca, Phalanta, Vagrans, Vindula
Subfamily: Libytheinae Boisduval, 1833
Genera: Libythea
Subfamily: Limenitidinae Behr, 1864
Genera: Athyma, Cynitia, Euthalia, Lebadea, Lexias, Moduza, Neptis, Pantoporia, Parasarpa, Parthenos, Phaedyma, Sumalia, Tanaecia
Subfamily: Morphinae Ehrlich, 1958
Genera: Amathusia, Discophora, Faunis, Melanocyma, Thauria
Subfamily: Nymphalinae Swainson, 1827
Genera: Doleschallia, Hypolimnas, Junonia, Kaniska, Rhinopalpa, Symbrenthia, Yoma
Subfamily: Satyrinae Boisduval, 1833
Genera: Elymnias, Lethe, Melanitis, Mycalesis, Orsotriaena, Penthema, Ypthima