Anaeini

Anaeini is a tribe of Neotropical brush-footed butterflies. Their wing undersides usually mimic dead leaves.

Anaeini
Anaea aidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Charaxinae
Tribe: Anaeini
Reuter, 1896
Genera

Ten, see text

Included genera (and notable species) are:

Anaeomorpha is sometimes placed here, but more often in the Preponini.

References

  1. "Anaea Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007) A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 120–1.


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