Riodininae

Riodininae

Riodininae

Subfamily of insects

Riodininae is the largest of the three subfamilies within the metalmark butterfly family, Riodinidae.

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Echydna punctata, starry night
Cristalino River
Southern Amazon, Brazil

Classification

Riodininae contains the following tribes:[1][2]

  • Befrostiini Grishin, 2019
  • Calydnini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018
  • Dianesiini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018
  • Emesidini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018
  • Eurybiini Reuter, 1896
  • Helicopini Reuter 1897
  • Nymphidiini Bates, 1859
  • Riodinini Grote, 1895
  • Sertaniini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018
  • Symmachiini Bates, 1859

References

  1. [1]
    Seraphim, Noemy; Kaminski, Lucas; Devries, Philip; Penz, Carla; Callaghan, Curtis; Wahlberg, Niklas; Karina Silva-Brandão, Karina; Freitas, André (2018). "Molecular phylogeny and higher systematics of the metalmark butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae): Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Riodinidae". Systematic Entomology. 43 (2): 407–425. doi:10.1111/syen.12282. S2CID 90958652.
  2. [2]
    Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Cong, Qian; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Genomic analysis of the tribe Emesidini (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)". Zootaxa. 4668 (4): 475–488. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.2. PMC 8958898. PMID 31716605.

Further reading

  • Glassberg, Jeffrey Butterflies through Binoculars, The West (2001)
  • Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. Butterflies of British Columbia (2001)
  • James, David G. and Nunnallee, David Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies (2011)
  • Pelham, Jonathan Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (2008)
  • Pyle, Robert Michael The Butterflies of Cascadia (2002)
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