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.

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
Genera

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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]

Notes edit

  1. ^ But these estimates remain contentious, and at least 5 more species can be recognized based on the multispecies coalescent model as suggested by Matos-Maraví et al. (2019)
  2. ^ According to TOLweb, Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms (Savela), Wikispecies, and nymphalidae.net Archived 8 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine which all seem to be based on Lamas, G. (2004).
  3. ^ Markku Savela's Pierella page says this is invalid and the correct citation is Herrich-Schäffer, 1865, however no source is given for this conclusion and the LepIndex[2] (among other sources) consider Westwood, [1851] to be correct.

References edit

  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.
  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.
  • Lamas, G. (ed), 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea – Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
  • Matos-Maraví, P., Wahlberg, N., Antonelli, A. & Penz, C.M., 2019. Species limits in butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): reconciling classical taxonomy with the multispecies coalescent. Systematic Entomology, in press. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12352.
  • Wahlberg, N. & Andrew V.Z.B., 2009. Haeterini Herrich-Schaeffer 1864. Version 2 June 2009 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Haeterini/70265/2009.06.02 Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine in The Tree of Life Web Project.

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