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Limenitidinae
Taxonomy
Limenitidae was named by Behr (1864). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Limenitidinae by Aiba et al. (2023), Aiba et al. (2025), Fischer and Hausmann (2025).
It was assigned to Nymphalidae by Aiba et al. (2023), Aiba et al. (2025), Fischer and Hausmann (2025).
It was reranked as the subfamily Limenitidinae by Aiba et al. (2023), Aiba et al. (2025), Fischer and Hausmann (2025).
It was assigned to Nymphalidae by Aiba et al. (2023), Aiba et al. (2025), Fischer and Hausmann (2025).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2023 | Limenitidinae Aiba et al. p. 442 |
| 2025 | Limenitidinae Aiba et al. p. 78 |
| 2025 | Limenitidinae Fischer and Hausmann |
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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.
Subfm. Limenitidinae Behr 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Piacenzian or 37.71000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Eolimenitis baltica (123439) | |
| Piacenzian | Japan | Neptis kabutoiwaensis (229456) | |
| Piacenzian - Gelasian | Japan | Tacola kamitanii (153920) |