Vagrantini Explained

Vagrantini is a tribe of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae found from east Africa over the Indian subcontinent to eastern Asia and Australia.^[1]

Genera

Listed in alphabetical order:^[2]

• Algia Herrich-Schäffer, 1864
• Algiachroa Parsons, 1989
• Cirrochroa Doubleday, 1847  - yeomen
• Cupha Billberg, 1820
• Lachnoptera Doubleday, 1847
• Phalanta Horsfield, 1829  - leopards
• Smerina Hewitson, 1874
• Terinos Boisduval, 1836
• Vagrans Hemming, 1934
• Vindula Hemming, 1934

Notes and References

1. Penz CM & Peggie D (2003) Phylogenetic relationships among Heliconiinae genera based on morphology (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Systematic Entomology 28: 451-479.
2. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/#Vagrantini Tribe Vagrantini