Morphinae 5703958 221990210 2008-06-27T00:56:11Z Wloveral 3573669 Quick-adding category "Nymphalidae" (using [[WP:HOTCAT|HotCat]]) {{Taxobox | name = Morphinae | image = Eryphanis automedon 2 (HS).jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''[[Eryphanis automedon]]'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | unranked_familia = [[Rhopalocera]] | superfamilia = [[Papilionoidea]] | familia = [[Nymphalidae]] | subfamilia = '''Morphinae''' | subfamilia_authority = | subdivision_ranks = [[Tribe (biology)|Tribe]]s | subdivision = *[[Amathusiini]]<br/> *[[Brassolini]]<br/> *[[Morphini]]<br/> * but see text. }} '''Morphinae''' is a [[subfamily]] of [[Nymphalidae]] [[butterflies]] that includes the [[Morpho (butterfly)|morphos]], the [[owl butterflies]] ([[Caligo]]) and related groups. It is considered a [[cladism|sister group]] of the [[Satyrinae]]. == Systematics == This group is the subject of intense study and the following classification is subject to modification. [[Morphini]] *''[[Antirrhea]]'' *''[[Caerois]]'' *''[[Morpho (butterfly)|Morpho]]'' [[Amathusiini]] (sometimes considered an own subfamily [[Amathusiinae]]) *''[[Aemona (genus)|Aemona]]'' *''[[Amathusia]]'' *''[[Amathuxidia]]'' *''[[Discophora]]''<!-- Journal of Tropical Ecology (2006) 22:25–33. doi:10.1017/S0266467405002750 --> *''[[Enispe]]'' *''[[Faunis]]'' *''[[Hyantis]]'' *''[[Melanocyma]]'' *''[[Morphopsis]]'' *''[[Stichophthalma]]''<!-- Biol.Rev.80:573 --> *''[[Taenaris]]'' *''[[Thaumantis]]'' *''[[Thauria]]'' *''[[Xanthotaenia]]''<!-- Journal of Tropical Ecology (2006) 22:25–33. doi:10.1017/S0266467405002750 --> *''[[Zeuxidia]]''<!-- Journal of Tropical Ecology (2006) 22:25–33. doi:10.1017/S0266467405002750 --> [[Brassolini]] (previously considered as subfamily [[Brassolinae]]) *''[[Aponarope]]'' *''[[Bia (genus)|Bia]]'' (currently placed in Satyrinae as only genus in tribe Biini; see Freitas et al., 2002) *''[[Blepolensis]]'' *''[[Brassolis]]'' *''[[Owl butterfly|Caligo]]'' *''[[Caligopsis]]'' *''[[Catoblepia]]'' *''[[Dasyophthalma]]'' *''[[Dynastor]]'' *''[[Eryphanis]]'' *''[[Mielkella]]'' *''[[Mimoblepia]]'' *''[[Narope]]'' *''[[Naropina]]'' *''[[Opoptera]]'' *''[[Opsiphanes]]'' *''[[Orobrassolis]]'' *''[[Penetes]]'' *''[[Selenophanes]]'' == References == * Freitas, A. V. L., Debra L. Murray, D. L., and Brown, K. S., Jr. 2002. Immatures, natural history and the systematic position of ''Bia actorion'' (Nymphalidae). ''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 56''(3): 117-122, 2 figs. (11 October) (''Bia'' placed in Satyrinae) * Lamas, G. (Ed.). (2004). ''Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea''. Gainesville: Association for Tropical Lepidoptera. ISBN 094541728. ==External links== * [http://www.nearctica.com/butter/bylist/lnymph2.htm nearctica.com:] Checklist of Nearctic Nymphalidae. Retrieved 2007-JUN-05. * [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/morphinae/index.html Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms]: Morphinae. Version of 2007-MAR-27. Retrieved 2007-JUN-05. {{Nymphalidae-stub}} [[Category:Morphinae|*]] [[Category:Nymphalidae]] [[fr:Morphinae]] [[nl:Morpho's]] [[ru:Морфиды]] [[zh:摩爾福蝶亞科]]