Anaeini
Anaeini is a tribe of Neotropical brush-footed butterflies. Their wing undersides usually mimic dead leaves.
| Anaeini | |
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| Museum specimen of Cramer's leafwing (Zaretis isidora) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
| Tribe: | Anaeini Reuter, 1896 |
| Genera | |
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Ten, see text | |
Included genera (and notable species) are:
- Anaea Hübner, [1819][1][2]
- Anaea aidea – tropical leafwing
- Anaea andria – goatweed leafwing
- Anaea eurypyle – ointed leafwing
- Anaea glycerium – angled leafwing
- Anaea halice – pear-winged leafwing
- Anaea nobilis – noble leafwing
- Anaea oenomaiis – blue leafwing
- Anaea ryphea – blue-barred leafwing
- Anaea troglodyta (Fabricius, 1775) – Florida leafwing, Portia, or Florida goatweed butterfly
- Coenophlebia
- Consul
- Fountainea
- Hypna
- Memphis (formerly included in Anaea)
- Polygrapha
- Siderone
- Zaretis Hübner, [1819]
Aneaomorpha is sometimes placed here, but more often in the Preponini.
References
- "Anaea Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007) A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 120–1.
External links
- Pteron Images.In Japanese but with binomial names
- Mariposa Mexicanas Excellent images of Mexican Anaeni
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