Riodininae Explained

Riodininae is the largest of the three subfamilies within the metalmark butterfly family, Riodinidae.

Classification

Riodininae contains the following tribes:^{[1] [2]}

• Befrostiini Grishin, 2019
• Calydnini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018
• Dianesiini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018
• Emesidini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018
• Eurybiini Reuter, 1896
• Helicopini Reuter 1897
• Nymphidiini Bates, 1859
• Riodinini Grote, 1895
• Sertaniini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018
• Symmachiini Bates, 1859

Further reading

• Glassberg, Jeffrey Butterflies through Binoculars, The West (2001)
• Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. Butterflies of British Columbia (2001)
• James, David G. and Nunnallee, David Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies (2011)
• Pelham, Jonathan Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (2008)
• Pyle, Robert Michael The Butterflies of Cascadia (2002)

External links

• Pteron Images. In Japanese but with binomial names
• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• Butterflies of America

Notes and References

1. Seraphim . Noemy . Kaminski . Lucas . Devries . Philip . Penz . Carla . Callaghan . Curtis . Wahlberg . Niklas . Karina Silva-Brandão . Karina . Freitas . André . 2018 . Molecular phylogeny and higher systematics of the metalmark butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae): Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Riodinidae . . 43 . 2 . 407–425 . 10.1111/syen.12282. 90958652 .
2. Zhang . Jing . Shen . Jinhui . Cong . Qian . Grishin . Nick . 2019 . Genomic analysis of the tribe Emesidini (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) . . 4668 . 4 . 475–488 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.2. 31716605 . 8958898 .