Acraeini
Tribe in butterfly subfamily Heliconiinae
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::summary Tribe in butterfly subfamily Heliconiinae ::
| image = Acraea eponina.jpg | image_caption = Acraea eponina | taxon = Acraeini | authority = Boisduval, 1833 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text
The Acraeini are a tribe of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Genera
The recognized genera are:
- Abananote Potts, 1943
- Acraea Fabricius, 1807 – acraeas
- Actinote Hübner, [1819] – actinotes
- Altinote Potts, 1943 – altinotes
- Bematistes Hemming, 1935
- Cethosia (Fabricius, 1807) – lacewings
- Miyana (Fruhstorfer, 1914)
The genus Acraea is highly paraphyletic and needs to be redelimited. This will possibly re-establish the old genus Telchinia, and perhaps others.
The genus Pardopsis Trimen, 1887, previously included in Acraeini, has tentatively been moved to the Argynnini tribe.
References
References
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