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Subfamily of butterflies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pseudergolinae is a small subfamily of nymphalid brush-footed butterflies. It is considered to include only seven species in four genera distributed mainly in the Oriental region.[1]
| Pseudergolinae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Popinjay (Stibochiona nicea) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudergolinae Jordan, 1898 |
The circumscription of Pseudergolinae has seen some changes in the recent years, when it was first suggested that the tribes Cyrestini and Pseudergolini formed a monophyletic clade with subfamily status under the name Cyrestinae,[2] but then the tribes were split again—with subfamily status—as their positions within the Nymphalidae were defined more clearly.[3] It is now considered to be the sister group to the larger nymphaline clade, which includes the Nymphalinae, Cyrestinae, Apaturinae and Biblidinae.
Four genera are recognized in the subfamily:
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