Nymphalidae

Classification

Genera in Nymphalidae

• Acraea — 305 species: Acraea abana, Acraea abdera, Acraea acara, Acraea acerata, Acraea acrita, Acraea actinotina, Acraea acutipennis, Acraea admatha
• Charaxes — 200 species: Charaxes achaemenes, Charaxes acraeoides, Charaxes acuminatus, Charaxes affinis, Charaxes albimaculatus, Charaxes alpinus, Charaxes alticola, Charaxes ameliae
• Limenitis — 172 species: Limenitis abia, Limenitis aemonia, Limenitis agneya, Limenitis alala, Limenitis albomaculata, Limenitis alwina, Limenitis amphyssa, Limenitis archippus
• Mycalesis — 172 species: Mycalesis adamsoni, Mycalesis adolphei, Mycalesis aethiops, Mycalesis albocincta, Mycalesis alboplaga, Mycalesis amoena, Mycalesis analis, Mycalesis anapita
• Neptis — 160 species: Neptis aceris, Neptis ada, Neptis agatha, Neptis agouale, Neptis alta, Neptis alwina, Neptis ananta, Neptis ancus
• Euphaedra — 146 species: Euphaedra aberrans, Euphaedra abri, Euphaedra acuta, Euphaedra adolfifriderici, Euphaedra adonina, Euphaedra afzelli, Euphaedra alacris, Euphaedra albocoerulea
• Euptychia — 146 species: Euptychia acmenis, Euptychia agnata, Euptychia alcinoe, Euptychia aliciae, Euptychia ambigua, Euptychia aquila, Euptychia argante, Euptychia argentella
• Erebia — 136 species: Erebia aethiopella, Erebia aethiops, Erebia alberganus, Erebia albiligata, Erebia alcmena, Erebia alini, Erebia anyuica, Erebia arete
• Ypthima — 133 species: Ypthima abnormis, Ypthima affectata, Ypthima akbar, Ypthima albida, Ypthima albiviltuloides, Ypthima albivittula, Ypthima anana, Ypthima ancus
• Anaea — 128 species: Anaea acaudata, Anaea aidea, Anaea alberta, Anaea ambrosia, Anaea anassa, Anaea anceps, Anaea andria, Anaea anna
• Cymothoe — 126 species: Cymothoe adela, Cymothoe adelina, Cymothoe aemilius, Cymothoe alcimeda, Cymothoe alexander, Cymothoe althea, Cymothoe alticola, Cymothoe altisidora
• Pedaliodes — 112 species: Pedaliodes adrianae, Pedaliodes alusana, Pedaliodes anchiphilonis, Pedaliodes antigua, Pedaliodes antulla, Pedaliodes asconia, Pedaliodes auraria, Pedaliodes cebolleta
• Oleria — 109 species: Oleria aegineta, Oleria aegle, Oleria agarista, Oleria alexina, Oleria amalda, Oleria amaldina, Oleria amazona, Oleria antaxis
• Lethe — 108 species: Lethe albolineata, Lethe andersoni, Lethe anthedon, Lethe arete, Lethe argentata, Lethe armandina, Lethe atkinsonia, Lethe baileyi
• Pteronymia — 98 species: Pteronymia adina, Pteronymia aegineta, Pteronymia afrania, Pteronymia agalla, Pteronymia alcmena, Pteronymia aletta, Pteronymia alida, Pteronymia alinda
• Heliconius — 96 species: Heliconius adela, Heliconius aglaope, Heliconius aliphera, Heliconius amaryllis, Heliconius amphitrite, Heliconius anderida, Heliconius antiochus, Heliconius aoede
• Satyrus — 92 species: Satyrus achaltekkensis, Satyrus actaea, Satyrus aksuensis, Satyrus alitchura, Satyrus allionii, Satyrus alpherakyi, Satyrus alpina, Satyrus angrena
• Euriphene — 91 species: Euriphene abasa, Euriphene adumbrata, Euriphene alberici, Euriphene amaranta, Euriphene amicia, Euriphene ampedusa, Euriphene aridatha, Euriphene atossa
• Euthalia — 88 species: Euthalia aconthea, Euthalia adonia, Euthalia aeetes, Euthalia aegle, Euthalia aetion, Euthalia agnis, Euthalia alpheda, Euthalia alpherakyi
• Morpho — 88 species: Morpho absoloni, Morpho achillaena, Morpho achilles, Morpho adonis, Morpho aega, Morpho alexandrovna, Morpho amathonte, Morpho amphitrion
• Bicyclus — 85 species: Bicyclus abnormis, Bicyclus albocincta, Bicyclus alboplagus, Bicyclus amieti, Bicyclus analis, Bicyclus angulosa, Bicyclus anisops, Bicyclus auricruda
• Melitaea — 79 species: Melitaea abbas, Melitaea abyssinica, Melitaea acentria, Melitaea acraeina, Melitaea aetherie, Melitaea agar, Melitaea ala, Melitaea ambrisia
• Henotesia — 70 species: Henotesia aberrans, Henotesia alaokola, Henotesia anceps, Henotesia andravahana, Henotesia andrivola, Henotesia anganavo, Henotesia angulifascia, Henotesia ankaratra
• Catagramma — 69 species: Catagramma aegina, Catagramma alcibiades, Catagramma amazona, Catagramma aphidna, Catagramma aretas, Catagramma asta, Catagramma astarte, Catagramma atacama
• Heteropsis — 67 species:
• Euploea — 66 species:
• Bebearia — 64 species:
• Dynamine — 63 species:
• Junonia — 61 species:
• Lymanopoda — 61 species:
• Oeneis — 58 species:
• Perisama — 58 species:
• Hypoleria — 55 species:
• Elymnias — 52 species:
• Eunica — 51 species:
• Pantoporia — 49 species:
• Coenonympha — 48 species:
• Diaethria — 47 species:
• Eresia — 46 species:
• Hypolimnas — 43 species:
• Chloropoea — 42 species:
• Ithomia — 42 species:
• Yphthimoides — 42 species:
• Prepona — 41 species:
• Calisto — 37 species:
• Parantica — 37 species:
• Vanessa — 37 species:
• Hipparchia — 36 species:
• Argynnis — 35 species:
• Taenaris — 35 species:
• Chlosyne — 33 species:
• Clossiana — 33 species:
• Hyponephele — 33 species:
• Taygetis — 33 species:
• Boloria — 32 species:
• Memphis — 32 species:
• Splendeuptychia — 32 species:
• Tanaecia — 32 species:
• Asterope — 29 species:
• Doxocopa — 29 species:
• Hamadryas — 29 species:
• Magneuptychia — 29 species:
• Marpesia — 29 species:
• Pararge — 28 species:
• Episcada — 27 species:
• Greta — 27 species:
• Anthanassa — 26 species:
• Callerebia — 26 species:
• Cyrestis — 26 species:
• Manerebia — 26 species:
• Napeogenes — 26 species:
• Pseudochazara — 26 species:
• Cirrochroa — 25 species:
• Maniola — 25 species:
• Polyura — 25 species:
• Apatura — 23 species:
• Ceratinia — 23 species:
• Danaus — 23 species:
• Dircenna — 23 species:
• Eueides — 23 species:
• Hyposcada — 23 species:
• Opsiphanes — 23 species:
• Polygonia — 23 species:
• Actinote — 22 species:
• Caeruleuptychia — 22 species:
• Caligo — 21 species:
• Melanargia — 21 species:
• Callithea — 20 species:
• Epiphile — 20 species:
• Eretris — 20 species:
• Forsterinaria — 20 species:
• Hypothyris — 19 species:
• Issoria — 19 species:
• Pseudonympha — 19 species:
• Speyeria — 19 species:
• Godyris — 18 species:
• Haywardina — 18 species:
• Myscelia — 18 species:
• Telenassa — 18 species:
• Hypanartia — 17 species:
• Lasiophila — 17 species:
• Neomaenas — 17 species:
• Pierella — 17 species:
• Amauris — 16 species:
• Antirrhea — 16 species:
• Ariadne — 16 species:
• Callithomia — 16 species:
• Corades — 16 species:
• Cupha — 16 species:
• Pronophila — 16 species:
• Catargynnis — 15 species:
• Cithaerias — 15 species:
• Fabriciana — 15 species:
• Faunis — 15 species:
• Neocoenyra — 15 species:
• Neope — 15 species:
• Parathyma — 15 species:
• Tegosa — 15 species:
• Amathusia — 14 species:
• Catonephele — 14 species:

Showing the 120 genera with the most species records held.

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.