Acraeini

Acraeini
Acraea eponina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Heliconiinae
Tribe:	Acraeini Boisduval, 1833
Genera
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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
• Telchinia Hübner, [1819]

The genus Acraea is highly paraphyletic and needs to be redelimited. This will possibly re-establish the old genus Telchinia, and perhaps others.^{[citation needed]}

The genus Pardopsis Trimen, 1887, previously included in Acraeini, has tentatively been moved to the Argynnini tribe.

References

External links

• Media related to Acraeini at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Acraeini at Wikispecies