NYMPHALIDAE
(brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
APATURINAE
purple emperor butterflies
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 10 images
Apaturini
purple emperor butterflies
Tribe 1 subtaxa 10 images
Apatura
purple emperor butterflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 10 images
HELICONIINAE
fritillary butterflies
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 		Subfamily 6 subtaxa 64 images 6 ident. refs
Limenitis camilla
White Admiral
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 		Species 10 images 1 ident. refs
NYMPHALINAE
nymphalid butterflies
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 		Subfamily 11 subtaxa 246 images 20 ident. refs
SATYRINAE
brown butterflies
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 		Subfamily 10 subtaxa 81 images 5 ident. refs
[Nymphalidae (indet. Fritillary)]
unidentified fritillary butterfly
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 		Informal 8 subtaxa 68 images 22 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

NYMPHALIDAE (brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for NYMPHALIDAE (brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 33 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for NYMPHALIDAE (brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
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