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Origin: Ancient Greek: ἀ-, ἀν-(a, an-). Meaning: a prefix used to make words with a sense opposite to that of the root word; in this case, meaning "without" or "-less". This is usually used to describe organisms without a certain characteristic, as well as organisms in which that characteristic may not be immediately obvious.
Rafinesque [1] introduced the name Nymphalia as a subfamily name in diurnal Lepidoptera. Rafinesque did not include Nymphalis among the listed genera, but Nymphalis was unequivocally implied in the formation of the name (Code Article 11.7.1.1). The attribution of the Nymphalidae to Rafinesque has now been widely adopted. [2]
The butterflies form the clade Rhopalocera, which is composed of three superfamilies: Hedyloidea (the moth butterfly family Hedylidae), the Hesperioidea (the skipper family Hesperiidae), and the Papilionoidea (the true butterfly families Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae, and Riodinidae).
Rosita patch, Chlosyne rosita Silvery checkerspot, Chlosyne nycteis Pearl crescent, Phyciodes tharos Variable checkerspot, Euphydryas chalcedona Baltimore checkerspot, Euphydryas phaeton Question mark, Polygonia interrogationis American lady, Vanessa virginiensis Common buckeye, Junonia coenia Banded peacock, Anartia fatima
Articles relating to the Nymphalidae, 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.
The Gulf fritillary or passion butterfly (Dione vanillae) is a bright orange butterfly in the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. That subfamily was formerly set apart as a separate family, the Heliconiidae. The Heliconiinae are "longwing butterflies", which have long, narrow wings compared to other butterflies.
The Libytheinae are a nymphalid subfamily known as snout butterflies, containing two valid genera and about ten species: six in Libythea and four in Libytheana.The common name refers to the thick labial palps that look like a "snout" in this subfamily.
The higher classification of Nymphalidae, at Nymphalidae.net; Biblidinae Boisduval, 1833 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms: Preliminary species list. Version of 18 March 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2007. Pteron Misspelled as Biblinae. Images. In Japanese but with binomial names