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Tribe Limenitidini - Admirals, Sisters and Sailors

Representative Images

Red-Spotted Purple - Limenitis arthemis Red-Spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) - Limenitis arthemis White Admiral - Limenitis arthemis is this a Viceroy or a monarch? - Limenitis archippus Butterfly - Limenitis archippus Limenitis arthemis ? - Limenitis arthemis Viceroy on Willow, ventral - Limenitis archippus Limenitis arthemis arthemis - Limenitis arthemis
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Subfamily Limenitidinae (Admirals, Sisters)
Tribe Limenitidini (Admirals, Sisters and Sailors)

Numbers

Approximately 24 genera are included within this tribe, but many authors reduce the number by combining many. Only two occur in the Americas. Five genera (not either of ours) are often separated as a tribe Neptini, but the distinction is weak. There are two other tribes, the Adoliadini and Parthenini found in the Old World tropics.

Range

Worldwide
Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 7 January, 2011 - 7:47am
Additional contributions by Ron M.
Last updated 24 January, 2012 - 12:26am

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