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.
Classification of the Riodonidae has been updated from Gerardo Lamas, revised 4 Feb 2008. Riodinidae of the World.
Classification of the Pieridae has been updated from Gerardo Lamas, revised 4 Feb 2008. Pieridae of the World (uses Bridges Catalogue parsed by Brian Pitkin as a starter,)
The classification of the moth family Sphingidae follows 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 unassigned to a tribe we have used the xpression 'Tribe unassigned" ,Similarly where a tribe 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, Subfamily, Tribe or Subtribe for a list of included genus-group names in this catalogue.
Last updated 28-Jul-2004 Dr B R Pitkin