Butterflies and Moths of the World
Genus-Group Names Moved to Nymphalidae - July, 2003
The following genus-group names have been moved to the Nymphalidae following Lamas et al. (in press) in collaboration with Dick Vane-Wright, Niklas Wahlberg and Gerardo Lamas as part of the Global Butterfly Information System (GloBIS) project.
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Subfamily: LIBYTHEINAE
DICHORA Scudder, 1889
From: HESPERIIDAE PYRGINAE
Subfamily: DANAINAE
Tribe: DANAINI
Subtribe: DANAINA
EGIALEA Hemming, 1964
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
ELSA Honrath, 1892
From: Family unassigned
NEBRODA Moore, 1883
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
RAVADEBA Moore, 1883
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
RAVADEBRA; Rothschild, 1892
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
REVADEBRA; Grose-Smith, 1895
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Tribe: ITHOMIINI
Subtribe: ITHOMIINA
DYNOTHEA Reakirt, 1866
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Subtribe: TITHORIENA
HIRSUTIS Haensch, 1909
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Subtribe: MECHANITINA
NEREIS Hübner, 1806
From: Family unassigned
NEREIS Hübner, 1806
From: Family unassigned
Subfamily: CHARAXINAE
Tribe: ANAEINI
CORYCIA Hübner, 1825
From: Family unassigned
HELICODES Doubleday, 1845
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Subfamily: MORPHINAE
Tribe: AMATHUSIINI
CLEROME Westwood, 1850
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
CLERONE; Marschall, 1873
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
DRUSILLA Swainson, 1820
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Tribe: BRASSOLINI
MEGASTES Boisduval, 1870
From: Family unassigned
Tribe: MORPHINI
IPHIMEDEIA Fruhstorfer, 1913
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Subfamily: SATYRINAE
Tribe: ELYMNIINI
HETEROPSIS Westwood, 1850
From: Family unassigned
ISODEMA Felder & Felder, 1863
From: PIERIDAE Subfamily unassigned
KIRINIA Moore, 1893
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
MELYNIAS Moore, 1894
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
NEMETIS Moore, 1892
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
PARAPLESIA Felder & Felder, 1862
From: PIERIDAE Subfamily unassigned
POLYARGIA Verity, 1957
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Tribe: MELANITINI
HIPIO Hübner, 1819
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Tribe: SATYRINI
CHINOBAS; Möschler, 1863
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
CHIONABAS; Doubleday, 1848
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
CHIONOBAS Boisduval, 1833
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
EREBOMORPHA Elwes, 1899
From: Family unassigned
GORGO Hübner, 1819
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
HYPONEPHELE Muschamp, 1915
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
LEDARGIA Houlbert, 1922
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
MARICA Hübner, 1819
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
MEDUSIA Verity, 1953
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
MINOIS Hübner, 1819
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
OREAS Hübner, 1806
From: LYCAENIDAE Subfamily unassigned
OREAS Oken, 1815
From: LYCAENIDAE Subfamily unassigned
PAROENEIS Moore, 1893
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
PASIPHANA de Lesse, 1952
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
PHRYNE Herrich-Schäffer, 1844
From: Family unassigned
SETODOCIS Billberg, 1820
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
SIMPLICIA Verity, 1953
From: Family unassigned
SYNGEA Hübner, 1819
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
TRIARIIA Verity, 1953
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
TRUNCAEFALCIA Verity, 1953
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Subfamily: HELiCONIINAE
Tribe: ACRAEINI
GNESIA Doubleday, 1848
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
HYALITES Doubleday, 1848
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Tribe: HELICONIINI
Subtribe: ARGYNNINA
SEMNOPSYCHE Scudder, 1875
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Subfamily: LIMENITIDINAE
Tribe: LIMENITIDINI
ANDRAPANA Moore, 1898
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
AMPHIDEMA Felder, 1861
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
CHENDRANA Moore, 1898
From: Family unassigned
CHLOROPOEA Aurivillius, 1898
From: Family unassigned
EUPITHES Westwood, 1850
From: Family unassigned
HARMA Doubleday, 1848
From: Family unassigned
KIRONGA Moore, 1898
From: Family unassigned
LEUCOTRICHA Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
NAJAS Hübner, 1806
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
PALLENE Doubleday, 1848
From: Family unassigned
PANOPAEA; Felder, 1861
From: Family unassigned
PANOPAEA; Westwood, 1850
From: Family unassigned
PANOPEA Hübner, 1819
From: Family unassigned
PANOPOEA; Hemming, 1967
From: Family unassigned
PARANEPTIS Moore, 1898
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
RASALIA Moore, 1898
From: Family unassigned
RHOMALEOSOMA; Kirby, 1873
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
ROMALAEOSOMA; Röber, 1888
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
ROMALEOSOMA Blanchard, 1840
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
PSEUDOHYPOLIMNAS Moore, 1898
From: Family unassigned
SABANIA Moore, 1898
From: Family unassigned
SEOKIA Sibatani, 1943
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
TAGATSIA Moore, 1898
From: Family unassigned
TATISIA Moore, 1898
From: Family unassigned
THARASIA Moore, 1898
From: Family unassigned
ZABANA Moore, 1898
From: Family unassigned
ZAMBOANGA Moore, 1898
From: Family unassigned
Subfamily: CYRESTINAE
Tribe: CYRESTINI
AZANIA Martin, 1903
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Subfamily: BIBLIDINAE
Tribe: BIBLIDINI
ARISBA Doubleday, 1847
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
CALLITHEA Feisthamel, 1835
From: LYCAENIDAE Subfamily unassigned
CORYBAS Westwood, 1850
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
CYANE Felder, 1861
From: Family unassigned
EPICALLIA Erichson, 1848
From: Family unassigned
EVONYME Hübner, 1819
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
SAGARITIS Hübner, 1821
From: Family unassigned
SIRONIA Hübner, 1823
From: Family unassigned
Subtribe: EUPLOEINA
CRASTIA Hübner, 1816
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
DORICHA Moore, 1883
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
ISAMIA Moore, 1880
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
MACROPLOEA Butler, 1878
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
MAKROPLOEA; Martin, 1915
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
SABALASSA Moore, 1883
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
SALPINX Hübner, 1819
From: LYCAENIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Subfamily: NYMPHALINAE
Tribe: NYMPHALINI
EUGONIA Hübner, 1819
From: Family unassigned
EUREMA Doubleday, 1844
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
ICHNUSA Reuss, 1939
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Tribe: KALLIMINI
CELAENA Doubleday, 1849
From: Family unassigned
ESOPTRIA Hübner, 1819
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
EURALIA Westwood, 1850
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
PROTOGONIOMORPHA Wallengren, 1857
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Tribe: MELITAEINI
ATHALIAEFORMIA Verity, 1950
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
DIDYMAEFORMIS Verity, 1950
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
LEMONIAS Hübner, 1806
From: RIODINIDAE Subfamily unassigned
SCHOENIS Hübner, 1819
From: PAPILIONIDAE Subfamily unassigned
CONOPLOEA; Oberthür, 1876
From: Family unassigned
DRACAENURA Swinhoe, 1917
From: Family unassigned
DRYAS Boisduval, 1847
From: PIERIDAE Subfamily unassigned
ETHION Shirôzu & Saigusa, 1962
From: LYCAENIDAE Subfamily unassigned
GONELILIA; Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956
From: LYCAENIDAE Subfamily unassigned
Last updated 28-Jul-2004 Dr B R Pitkin