NYMPHALINAE
(nymphalid butterflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Melitaeini
heath and marsh fritillary butterflies
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 		Tribe 3 subtaxa 22 images 11 ident. refs
Nymphalini
nymphalid butterflies
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 		Tribe 8 subtaxa 224 images 9 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyNYMPHALINAE (nymphalid 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)

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for NYMPHALINAE (nymphalid butterflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 26 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for NYMPHALINAE (nymphalid butterflies)
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