Haeterini | |
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Haetera piera | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
Tribe: | Haeterini Herrich-Schäffer, 1864 |
Genera | |
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The Haeterini are one of the smaller tribes of the Satyrinae in the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterfly) family. The tribe occurs exclusively in tropical rain forests in the Neotropical realm.
It contains 29 described species and 39 subspecies[a] classified in the following five genera:[b]
There are differences in the shape of the forewings between males and females, with males having wing shapes that are more efficient in gliding flight performance.[1]
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