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Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterfly)
Taxonomy
Nymphalidae was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant.
It was assigned to Lepidoptera by Cockerell (1908); to Ditrysia by Carpenter (1992); and to Papilionoidea by Peñalver and Grimaldi (2006), van Nieukerken et al. (2011), Sohn et al. (2012), de Jong (2017), Aiba et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Lepidoptera by Cockerell (1908); to Ditrysia by Carpenter (1992); and to Papilionoidea by Peñalver and Grimaldi (2006), van Nieukerken et al. (2011), Sohn et al. (2012), de Jong (2017), Aiba et al. (2025).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1815 | Nymphalidae Rafinesque |
| 1908 | Nymphalidae Cockerell |
| 1992 | Nymphalidae Carpenter |
| 2006 | Nymphalidae Peñalver and Grimaldi p. 6 |
| 2011 | Nymphalidae van Nieukerken et al. p. 216 |
| 2012 | Nymphalidae Sohn et al. p. 64 |
| 2017 | Nymphalidae de Jong p. 15 |
| 2025 | Nymphalidae Aiba et al. p. 78 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Nymphalidae Rafinesque 1815 [brush-footed butterfly]
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G. Apatura Fabricius 1807
G. Chlorippe Doubleday 1844
G. Eugonia Hübner 1819
Subfm. Libytheinae Boisduval 1836 [snout butterfly]
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G. Libythea Fabricius 1807
G. †Prolibythea Scudder 1889
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†Prolibythea florissanti Scudder 1892
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Invalid names: Oligodonta florissantensis Brown 1976 [synonym]
†Prolibythea vagabunda Scudder 1889
Invalid names: Barbarothea Scudder 1892 [synonym]
Subfm. Limenitidinae Behr 1864
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Subfm. Nymphalinae Swinson 1827
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G. Junonia Hübner 1819
G. †Jupitellia Carpenter 1986
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†Jupitellia charon Scudder 1889
Invalid names: Jupiteria Scudder 1889 [replaced]
G. Limenitis Fabricius 1807
G. †Lithodryas Cockerell 1909
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†Lithodryas styx Scudder 1889
Invalid names: Lithopsyche Scudder 1889 [replaced]
Tr. Nymphalini Swinson 1827
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G. Vanessa Fabricius 1807
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†Vanessa amerindica Miller and Brown 1989
†Vanessa fossilis Nekrutenko 1965
G. †Nymphalites Scudder 1889
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†Nymphalites atavus Charpentier 1843
†Nymphalites obscurus Scudder 1889
†Nymphalites scudderi Beutenmüller and Cockerell 1908
†Nymphalites zeuneri Jarzembowski 1980
G. Nymphalis Linnaeus 1758
Subfm. Satyrinae [browns]
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G. †Satyrites Scudder 1872
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†Satyrites reynesii Scudder 1872
Invalid names: Lethites Scudder 1875 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Danainae Boisduval 1833 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available