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Brush-footed Butterflies
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies with about 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world, belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea. These are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-footed butterflies, because they are known to stand on only four legs while the other two are curled up; in some species,...
13 branches of this family, most-observed first
Checkerspots, Anglewings, Peacocks, and Allies
subfamilyNymphalinae
Satyrs, Morphos, and Allies
subfamilySatyrinae
Fritillaries and Longwings
subfamilyHeliconiinae
Milkweed Butterflies
subfamilyDanainae
Admirals and Allies
subfamilyLimenitidinae
Tropical Brushfoots
subfamilyBiblidinae
Emperors
subfamilyApaturinae
Leafwing Butterflies
subfamilyCharaxinae
Beak and Snout Butterflies
subfamilyLibytheinae
Daggerwing and Map Butterflies
subfamilyCyrestinae
Calinaginae
subfamilyCalinaginae
Catargynnis
genusCatargynnis
Placidula
genusPlacidula
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47922.