Haeterini Explained

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 classified in the following five genera:

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]
• Pseudohaetera Brown, 1942

References

• (ed), 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea – Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
• , 2019. Species limits in butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): reconciling classical taxonomy with the multispecies coalescent. Systematic Entomology, in press. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12352.
• , 2009. Haeterini Herrich-Schaeffer 1864. Version 2 June 2009 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Haeterini/70265/2009.06.02 in The Tree of Life Web Project.

External links

• Pteron Images. In Japanese but with Latin scientific names

Notes and References

1. Cespedes . Ann . Penz . Carla M. . DeVries . Philip J. . 2014-12-05 . Coulson . Tim . Cruising the rain forest floor: butterfly wing shape evolution and gliding in ground effect . Journal of Animal Ecology . en . 84 . 3 . 808–816 . 10.1111/1365-2656.12325 . 0021-8790. free . 25484251 .