Vagrantini

Tribe of butterflies

Vagrantini
Cruiser (Vindula arsinoe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Heliconiinae
Tribe: Vagrantini
Duponchel, 1835
Genera

10, see text

Vagrantini is a tribe of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae found from east Africa over the Indian subcontinent to eastern Asia and Australia.[1]

Genera

Listed in alphabetical order:[2]

  • Algia Herrich-Schäffer, 1864
  • Algiachroa Parsons, 1989
  • Cirrochroa Doubleday, 1847 – yeomen
  • Cupha Billberg, 1820
  • Lachnoptera Doubleday, 1847
  • Phalanta Horsfield, 1829 – leopards
  • Smerina Hewitson, 1874
  • Terinos Boisduval, 1836
  • Vagrans Hemming, 1934
  • Vindula Hemming, 1934

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Vagrantini.
  1. ^ Penz CM & Peggie D (2003) Phylogenetic relationships among Heliconiinae genera based on morphology (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Systematic Entomology 28: 451-479.
  2. ^ Tribe Vagrantini at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Taxon identifiers
Vagrantini


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