Taxonomy Profile: Nymphalinae (Rafinesque 1815)

Nymphalinae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Subfamily
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
True Brushfoots []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Nymphalinae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Neoptera
modern, wing-folding insects |
Superorder : Holometabola
Order : Lepidoptera
butterflies |
moths |
Borboleta |
Mariposa |
papillons |
papillons de nuit |
Superfamily : Papilionoidea
butterflies |
papillons |
Family : Nymphalidae
admirals |
anglewings |
brush-footed butterflies |
checker-spots |
crescent-spots |
fritillaries |
mourningclocks |
purples |
brushfoot butterflies |
Brushfooted Butterflies |
Subfamily : Nymphalinae
True Brushfoots |
Nymphalinae Direct Children(s):
Kallimini
(Doherty 1886)
Melitaeini
(Newman 1870)
Nymphalini
(Rafinesque 1815)
Coeini
(Scudder 1893)
Victorinini
(Scudder 1893)
Junoniini
(Reuter 1896)
Nymphalinae: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
Check List of the Lepidoptera of North America... MS
Acquired:
2005-12-01
Notes:
Ongoing developmental version with contributions by Don Lafontaine, Jean-François Landry, Jim Troubridge, Paul Opler, Ron Hodges, John Brown, et al. Higher classification does not yet reflect recent and substantial changes that have been published
Reference for:
Nymphalinae
Source:
Checklist of North American Butterflies, 2nd Edition
Acquired:
2009-11-19
Notes:
Produced by the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) Names Committee, and available online (with corrections) at http://www.naba.org/pubs/checklst.html (web page may not be identical to the printed edition)
Reference for:
Nymphalinae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Pelham, Jonathan P.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2008-03-15 / 2008-03-15
Article/Chapter Title:
A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40
Page(s):
xiv + 658
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0022-4324
Notes:
As noted in the Introduction, Pelham intentionally diverges from the Code's provisions on gender agreement (Articles 31 & 34), following original orthography instead
Reference for:
Nymphalinae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wahlberg, Niklas, Andrew V. Z. Brower, and Sören Nylin
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of tribes and genera in the subfamily Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 86, no. 2
Page(s):
227-251
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0024-4066
Notes:
Reference for:
Nymphalinae
Nymphalinae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Nymphalinae: Comments