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Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterfly)

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Nymphalidae Rafinesque
1908Nymphalidae Cockerell
1992Nymphalidae Carpenter
2006Nymphalidae Peñalver and Grimaldi p. 6
2011Nymphalidae van Nieukerken et al. p. 216
2012Nymphalidae Sohn et al. p. 64
2017Nymphalidae de Jong p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
RankNameAuthor
—Metamphiesmenoptera
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
—Endymenoptera
—Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
—Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
—CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
—EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Euheteroneura
—DitrysiaBorner 1925
—ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
—ObtectomeraMinet 1986
superfamilyPapilionoidea
familyNymphalidaeRafinesque 1815
familyNymphalidaeRafinesque 1815

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
Subfm. Biblidinae Boisduval 1833
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G. Dynamine Hübner 1819
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†Dynamine alexae Peñalver and Grimaldi 2006
Invalid names: Dynaminini Burmeister 1878 [empty]
G. Chlorippe Doubleday 1844
G. Eugonia Hübner 1819
Subfm. Libytheinae Boisduval 1836 [snout butterfly]
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G. Libythea Fabricius 1807
G. Libytheana Michener 1943
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Invalid names: Oligodonta Brown 1976 [synonym]
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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Tr. Neptini Newman 1870
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G. Neptis Fabricius 1807
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†Neptis kabutoiwaensis Aiba et al. 2023
Subfm. Nymphalinae Swinson 1827
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G. Aglais Dalman 1816
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†Aglais karaganica Nekrutenko 1965
G. †Apanthesis Scudder 1889
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†Apanthesis leuce Scudder 1889
G. Doxocopa Hübner 1819
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†Doxocopa wilmattae Cockerell 1907
G. Hestina Westwood 1850
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Hestina japonica Felder and Felder 1862
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. †Prodryas Scudder 1878
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†Prodryas persephone Scudder 1878
G. Nymphalis Linnaeus 1758
Subfm. Satyrinae [browns]
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G. Lethe Hübner 1819
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†Lethe corbieri Nel et al. 1993
G. †Mylothrites Scudder 1875
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†Mylothrites pluto Heer 1849
G. †Neorinella Martins-Neto et al. 1993
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†Neorinella garciae Martins-Neto et al. 1993
G. †Neorinopis Butler 1873
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†Neorinopis sepulta Boisduval 1840
G. †Pseudoneorina Nel and Descimon 1984
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†Pseudoneorina coulleti Nel and Descimon 1984
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Chibanian or 37.20000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Nymphalites zeuneri (123959)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Barbarothea florissanti, Apanthesis leuce (121481) Chlorippe wilmattae (127219) Chlorippe wilmattae, Jupiteria charon (124624) Nymphalites scudderi (106381) Oligodonta florissantensis (122980) Prodryas persephone, Prolibythea vagabunda, Lithopsyche styx, Nymphalites obscurum (106384) Vanessa amerindica (122978 122979)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Lethe corbieri (155713 157327) Pseudoneorina coulleti (122984)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Cyllo sepulta (123943)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Satyrites reynesii (122487)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Brazil Neorinella garciae (153054)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Dynamine alexae (122982)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Vanessa karaganica, Pyrameis fossilis (105571)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Wurttemberg) Apaturidi indet. (156762) Nymphalidae indet. (113752)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Sphinx atavus (117246) Vanessa pluto (117247)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan Neptis kabutoiwaensis (229456)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Japan Hestina japonica (162750)