SATYRINAE
(brown butterflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Aphantopus hyperantus
Ringlet
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 		Species 14 images
Coenonymphini
heath butterflies
Tribe 1 subtaxa 8 images
Coenonympha
heath butterflies
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 8 images
Erebiini
a tribe of brown butterflies
Tribe 2 subtaxa 3 images 2 ident. refs
Erebia
a genus of brown butterflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 3 images 2 ident. refs
Lasiommata megera
Wall, Wall Brown
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 		Species 5 images 1 ident. refs
Maniola jurtina
Meadow Brown
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 9 images 1 ident. refs
Melanargiini
marbled white butterflies
Tribe 1 subtaxa 7 images
Melanargia
marbled white butterflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 7 images
Pararge aegeria
Speckled Wood
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 		Species 11 images
Pyronia tithonus
Gatekeeper, Hedge Brown
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 		Species 15 images
Satyrini
grayling butterflies
Tribe 1 subtaxa 9 images 1 ident. refs
Hipparchia
grayling butterflies
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 9 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilySATYRINAE (brown butterflies)
FamilyNYMPHALIDAE (brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

SATYRINAE (brown butterflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SATYRINAE (brown butterflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SATYRINAE (brown butterflies)
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