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Nymphalidae

849 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Nymphalidae

Yoma sabina (Cramer)

The Australian lurcher Yoma sabina is a 7 cm wingspan Nymphalidae butterfly found in northern Australasia and Southeast Asia.

Kallima inachus Boisduval, 1836

Kallima inachus, the orange oakleaf butterfly, is a leaf-masquerading Asian butterfly with well-documented distribution, life cycle, and host plants.

Kallima paralekta Horsfield, 1829

Kallima paralekta is a leaf-camouflaged butterfly endemic to Indonesia, famous for its protective mimicry cited in early evolutionary theory.

Kallima horsfieldii Kollar, 1848

Kallima horsfieldii, the blue oakleaf, is a leaf-mimicking nymphalid butterfly found across parts of South and Southeast Asia.

Catacroptera cloanthe (Cramer, 1782)

Catacroptera is a monotypic Nymphalidae butterfly genus found in sub-Saharan African grasslands and savannas.

Vanessula milca

Vanessula milca, the only species in monotypic nymphalid genus Vanessula, lives in African dense and riverine forests.

Kallimoides rumia

Kallimoides rumia, the African leaf butterfly, is the only species in the Nymphalidae genus Kallimoides, found across African forests.

Rhinopalpa polynice Cramer, 1780

Rhinopalpa polynice, the wizard, is the only species in genus Rhinopalpa, a nymphalid butterfly found in India and South Asia.

Doleschallia bisaltide Cramer, 1777

Doleschallia bisaltide is a butterfly species with described life stages and many geographically distributed subspecies.

Doleschallia bisaltide polibete Cramer, 1782

Doleschallia bisaltide is a butterfly species with described life stages and many geographically distributed subspecies.

Marpesia petreus (Cramer, 1776)

Marpesia petreus, the ruddy daggerwing, is a Nymphalidae butterfly native to tropical and subtropical Americas.

Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775)

Marpesia chiron is a nymphalid many-banded daggerwing found across the Americas, with Hodges number 4549.

Marpesia harmonia (Klug, 1836)

Marpesia harmonia is a Nymphalidae butterfly found in southeastern Mexico and Guatemala.

Marpesia zerynthia Hübner, 1823

Marpesia zerynthia, the waiter, is a Neotropical Nymphalidae butterfly found from Texas to northern South America.

Marpesia furcula

Marpesia furcula is a Nymphalidae butterfly found from Nicaragua to Bolivia and Argentina in evergreen rainforests up to 1,400 m.

Marpesia crethon (Fabricius, 1776)

The Crethon daggerwing (Marpesia crethon) is a nymphalid butterfly species found in northern South America.

Marpesia eleuchea (Hübner, 1818)

Marpesia eleuchea (Antillean daggerwing) is a Nymphalidae butterfly found primarily in the West Indies, with occasional strays in Florida Keys.

Marpesia berania (Hewitson, 1852)

Marpesia berania, the amber daggerwing, is a sexually dimorphic Neotropical nymphalid butterfly threatened by deforestation.

Marpesia orsilochus (Fabricius, 1776)

Orsilochus daggerwing (Marpesia orsilochus) is a Nymphalidae butterfly found in Suriname and Brazil rainforests.

Cyrestis thyodamas Boisduval, 1836

Cyrestis thyodamas is a butterfly species found across South and East Asia, with variable wing markings and distinct regional forms.

Cyrestis nivea Zincken, 1831

Cyrestis nivea, the straight-line map-wing, is a nymphalid butterfly found in Southeast Asian lowland forests.

Cyrestis maenalis Erichson, 1834

Common mapwing (Cyrestis maenalis) is a nymphalid butterfly species found in South-East Asia.

Cyrestis cocles Fabricius, 1787

Cyrestis cocles is a butterfly species with distinct wet- and dry-season forms, found across parts of South and Southeast Asia.

Cyrestis acilia Godart, 1819

Cyrestis acilia is a butterfly species distinguished by unique wing marking patterns and clear differences between males and females.

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