Morphinae
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{{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.
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