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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 reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting.
It is variously placed in the Lycaenidae or Riodinidae. A similar fossil, Lithodryas, is more firmly assigned to the Lycaenidae, but might belong to the Nymphalidae. Riodinella, yet another prehistoric genus, also seems to belong here, but its relationships are quite obscure, indeed.
Agrias is a genus of Neotropical charaxine nymphalid butterflies found in South and Central America.. The German lepidopterist Hans Fruhstorfer wrote: "In this magnificent tropical genus, upon which nature seems to have showered all her abundance of most brilliant colours, and which is, therefore, justly called the 'princely race' of the Nymphalidae, we are most surprised to meet a repetition ...
Version of 2010-JUN-30. Retrieved 2011-FEB-08. Glassberg, Jeffrey Butterflies through Binoculars, The West (2001) Pelham, Jonathan Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (2008) Su, C., Shi, Q., Sun, X. et al. Dated phylogeny and dispersal history of the butterfly subfamily Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Source: "The higher classification of Nymphalidae". Nymphalidae.net. Archived February 20, 2009. Note: A species list with proposed new tribes for subfamily Ithomiinae is available from Keith Willmott at . Note: Names preceded by an equal sign (=) are synonyms, homonyms, rejected names or invalid names. Tribe Ithomiini Godman & Salvin, 1879
Danainae is a subfamily of the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. It includes the Daniadae, or milkweed butterflies, who lay their eggs on various milkweeds on which their larvae ( caterpillars ) feed, as well as the clearwing butterflies ( Ithomiini ), and the tellervini .
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Argynnis is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, one of several groups known as "fritillaries". This genus has three subgenera: Argynnis, Fabriciana, and Speyeria. The species of the subgenera Argynnis and Fabriciana are found in Europe and Asia, while those of Speyeria are widespread in North America but also found in Europe and Asia.