Haeterini

Haeterini
Haetera piera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Tribe: Haeterini
Herrich-Schäffer, 1864
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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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  1. ^ Cespedes, Ann; Penz, Carla M.; DeVries, Philip J. (5 December 2014). Coulson, Tim (ed.). "Cruising the rain forest floor: butterfly wing shape evolution and gliding in ground effect". Journal of Animal Ecology. 84 (3): 808–816. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12325. ISSN 0021-8790. PMID 25484251.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Pierella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.

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