Butterflies and Moths of the World
Tribes and subtribes (butterflies and hawkmoths only at present)
Tribes and subtribes (where relevant and known) have now (August, 2003) been assigned to the genus-group names in the butterfly families Hesperiidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae and Riodinidae - following Lamas et al. (in press) and in collabration with Dick-Vane-Wright, Niklas Wahlberg and Gerardo Lamas as part of the Global Butterfly Information System (GloBIS) project - and the moth family Sphingidae - following Kitching & Cadiou (2001).
Where a family is divided into subfamilies, but a genus-group name is unassigned to a subfamily we have used the expression "Subfamily unassigned". Similarly where a subfamily is divided into Tribes, but a genus-group name is u is divided into subtribes, but the genus-group name is unassigned to a subtribe we have used the expression 'Subtribe unassigned'.
Click on a family-group name for a list of included genus-group names in this catalogue.
Last updated 28-Jul-2004 Dr B R Pitkin