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Nymphalidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
<i>Phil. Mag.</i> (n.s.), <b>1</b>(2): 187

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Nymphalidae

Name

Synonyms
Acraeidae
Amathusiidae
Brassolidae
Heliconiidae
Ithomiidae
Libytheidae
Homonyms
Nymphalidae
Common names
Admirals in English
Admirals in English
Anglewings in English
Anglewings in English
Brush Foots in English
Brush Foots in English
Brush-footed Butterflies in English
Brush-footed Butterflies in English
Brush-footed Butterfly in English
Brush-footed Butterfly in English
Brush-footed butterfly in English
Brushfoot Butterflies in English
Brushfoot Butterflies in English
Brushfooted Butterflies in English
Brushfooted Butterflies in English
Brushfooted Butterflies in English
Brushfooted Butterflies in English
Checker-spots in English
Checker-spots in English
Crescent-spots in English
Crescent-spots in English
Edelfalter in German
Four-footed butterflies in English
Fritillaries in English
Fritillaries in English
Koerlibliklased in Estonian
Mariposas patas de cepillo in Spanish
Mourningclocks in English
Mourningclocks in English
Nimfàlids in Catalan–Valencian
Ninfálidos in Spanish
Nymphalids in English
Parelmoervlinders in Dutch
Pleteks in Lithuanian
Pleštekės in Lithuanian
Purples in English
Purples in English
Rusałkowate in Polish
Takvingefamilien in Danish
Takvingefamilien in Danish
Vanesses in French
Vanesses in French
admirals in English
admirals in English
anglewings in English
anglewings in English
babočkovití in Czech
babôčkovité in Slovak
brush foots in English
brush foots in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Eeles (2026) UK Butterflies. References
  4. Eeles (2026) UK Butterflies. References
  5. Eliasson, Ryrholm, Holmer, Jilg & Gärdenfors (2005) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Fjärilar: Dagfjärilar. Hesperiidae-Nymphalidae
  6. Elmquist, Liljeberg, Top-Jensen & Fibiger (2011) Sveriges fjärilar - En fälthandbok över Sveriges samtliga dag- och nattfjärilar.
  7. Freitas, Brown & Schultz (2004) Phylogeny of the Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera)
  8. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  9. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 99 Addition to the Official List of Fainily-group names in Zoology of the names of certain family-Gi Oup taxa belonging to the order Lepidoptera (class Insecta), the names of the type genera of which have already been placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1F, 161-174 (1958)
  10. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  11. Pelham, Jonathan P., 2008: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40. xiv + 658.
  12. Rafinesque (1815) Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés
  13. van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221.
  14. van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221.
  15. van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221.
  16. van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221.
  17. van Nieukerken, Kaila, Kitching, Kristensen, Lees & Minet (2011) Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z-Q, editor. Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
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