Haeterini
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| Haeterini | |
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| Haetera piera | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
| Tribe: | Haeterini Herrich-Schäffer, 1864 |
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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.
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]
- Cithaerias Hübner, [1819]
- Dulcedo d'Almeida, 1951
- Haetera Fabricius, 1807
- Pierella Westwood, [1851][c]
- Pseudohaetera Brown, 1942
