Brush-footed butterfly

   

Nymphalidae
<tr><td align="center">Red Admiral
Red Admiral <tr><th bgcolor=pink>Scientific classification <tr><td>
<tr><td>Domain:<td>Eukaryota <tr><td>Kingdom:<td>Animalia <tr><td>Subkingdom:<td>Metazoa <tr><td>Phylum:<td>Arthropoda <tr><td>Subphylum:<td>Hexapoda <tr><td>Class:<td>Insecta <tr><td>Subclass:<td>Pterygota <tr><td>Infraclass:<td>Neoptera <tr><td>Superorder:<td>Endopterygota <tr><td>Order:<td>Lepidoptera <tr><td>Suborder:<td>Ditrysia <tr><td>Division:<td>Rhopalocera <tr><td>Superfamily:<td>Papilionoidea <tr><td>Family:<td>Nymphalidae </table> <tr><th bgcolor=pink>Subfamilies <tr><td>
  • Apaturinae
  • Argynninae
  • Biblidinae
  • Calinaginae
  • Charaxinae
  • Cyrestinae
  • Danainae
  • Heliconiinae
  • Libytheinae
  • Limenitidinae
  • Morphinae
  • Nymphalinae
  • Satyrinae
<tr><td>Author: Swainson, 1827 <tr><td>Type species: Nymphalis polychloros
(Large Tortoiseshell) <tr><td>Diversity: 633 genera, 5,698 species </table> The Nymphalidae are a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies. These are typically fairly large butterfies, such as the admirals, tortoiseshells and fritillaries, which have very colourful upperparts. However, the underwings are dull and often look like dead leaves, which helps to conceal stationary or hibernating insects. The front two legs are small, so these butterflies are effectively four-legged. The caterpillars are hairy or spiky, and the chrysalids have shiny spots. Several species are attracted to Buddleia, the butterfly plant. Species include
Small Tortoiseshell
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Small Tortoiseshell


The classification shown here follows most modern taxonomists in relegating the following well known butterfly families to the status of subfamilies of the Nymphalidae:



Arthropoda - Insecta - Families of Lepidoptera Monarch Butterfly

Acanthopteroctetidae - Acrolepiidae - Acrolophidae - Adelidae - Agathiphagidae - Agonoxenidae - Aididae - Alucitidae - Anomoeotidae - Anomosetidae - Anthelidae - Arctiidae - Arrhenophanidae - Axiidae - Batrachedridae - Bedelliidae - Blastobasidae - Bombycidae - Brachodidae - Brahmaeidae - Bucculatricidae - Callidulidae - Carposinidae - Carthaeidae - Castniidae - Cecidosidae - Choreutidae - Coleophoridae - Copromorphidae - Cosmopterigidae - Cossidae - Crambidae - Crinopterygidae - Cyclotornidae - Dalceridae - Doidae - Douglasiidae - Drepanidae - Dudgeoneidae - Elachistidae - Endromidae - Epermeniidae - Epicopeiidae - Epipyropidae - Eriocottidae - Eriocraniidae - Ethmiidae - Eupterotidae - Galacticidae - Gelechiidae - Geometridae - Glyphipterigidae - Gracillariidae - Hedylidae - Heliodinidae - Heliozelidae - Hepialidae - Hesperiidae - Heterobathmiidae - Heterogynidae - Himantopteridae - Holcopogonidae - Hyblaeidae - Immidae - Incurvariidae - Lacturidae - Lasiocampidae - Lecithoceridae - Lemoniidae - Limacodidae - Lophocoronidae - Lycaenidae - Lymantriidae - Lyonetiidae - Lypusidae - Megalopygidae - Metachandidae - Micropterigidae - Mimallonidae - Mirinidae - Mnesarchaeidae - Momphidae - Neopseustidae - Neotheoridae - Nepticulidae - Noctuidae - Nolidae - Notodontidae - Nymphalidae - Oecophoridae - Oenosandridae - Opostegidae - Palaeosetidae - Palaephatidae - Pantheidae - Papilionidae - Pieridae - Plutellidae - Prodoxidae - Prototheoridae - Psychidae - Pterolonchidae - Pterophoridae - Pyralidae - Riodinidae - Roeslerstammiidae - Saturniidae - Schreckensteiniidae - Scythrididae - Sematuridae - Sesiidae - Simaethistidae - Somabrachyidae - Sphingidae - Symmocidae - Thyrididae - Tineidae - Tineodidae - Tischeriidae - Tortricidae - Uraniidae - Urodidae - Whalleyanidae - Yponomeutidae - Ypsolophidae - Zygaenidae


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