Nymphalidae is the lairgest faimily o butterflees wi aboot 6,000 species distribute atouer maist o the warld. Thae are uisually medium sized tae lairge butterflies. Maist species hae a reduced pair o forelegs an mony hauld thair colourfu wings flat whan restin. Thay are forby cried brush-fitit butterflees or fower-fitit butterflees. Mony species is bricht coloured an include popular species like the emperors, admirals, tortoiseshells, an fritillaries. Housomever, the unnerwings is in contrast aften dull an in some species leuk remerkable like deid leafs, or is a fair feckfaucher, producin a cryptic effect that helps the butterflee disappear intae its surroondins.
| Nymphalidae | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Cless: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfaimily: | Papilionoidea |
| Faimily: | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
| Subfaimilies | |
and see airticle text | |
| Diversity | |
| Ower 600 genera Aboot 5,700 species | |
Example species frae this faimily
- Airchdukes, genus Lexias
- California Tortoiseshell, Nymphalis californica
- Comma, Polygonia c-album
- Common Buckee, Junonia coenia
- Common Snout Butterflee, Libytheana carinenta
- Cracker butterflees, genus Hamadryas
- Crimson Patch, Chlosyne janais
- Lorquin's Admiral, Limenitis lorquini
- Marsh Fritillary, Euphydryas aurinia
- Witchie, Maniola jurtina
- Mournin Cloak, Nymphalis antiopa
- Monarch Butterflee, Danaus plexippus
- Blue Morpho, Morpho menelaus
- Pentit Lady, Vanessa cardui
- Peacock, Inachis io
- Question Mark, Polygonia interrogationis
- Reid Admiral, Vanessa atalanta
- Smaa Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus
- Smaa Tortoiseshell, Nymphalis urticae
References
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