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Genus Anaea - Leafwings

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Goatweed Butterfly - Caterpillar - Anaea andria - Anaea andria Tropical Leafwing - Anaea aidea - male Green Caterpillar - Anaea andria Goadweed Leafwing - Anaea andria Gootweed Anglewing? - Anaea andria - male Goatweed Leafwing - Anaea andria Anaea andria Goatweed Butterfly - Anaea andria
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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 Charaxinae (Leafwings and relatives)
Tribe Anaeini (Leafwings)
Genus Anaea (Leafwings)

Explanation of Names

BugGuide follows the classification of 'A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada' by Jonathan Pelham, and Butterflies of America, where one North American species is split off from Anaea into Fountainea (F. glycerium), and two are placed under Memphis (M. echemus & M. pithyusa); in keeping with a majority of modern authors. Some authors consider all three closely related genera (as well as others) to represent subgenera within a single genus Anaea.
Opler & Warren place Fountainea within Memphis (see discussion in Taxonomy Forum).

Numbers

3 species in North America

Internet References

Genus Anaea in Butterflies of America.
Contributed by Cotinis on 2 August, 2004 - 8:12pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, David Ferguson, Abigail Parker
Last updated 27 February, 2012 - 7:51pm

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