Morphinae

Not to be confused with Morphine.

Morphinae
Eryphanis automedon (Brassolini)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked):	Rhopalocera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Morphinae (disputed)
Tribes
Amathusiini Brassolini Morphini (but see text)

Morphinae is a subfamily of Nymphalidae butterflies that includes the morphos, the owl butterflies (Caligo) and related lineages. It is either considered a sister group of the Satyrinae, or disassembled and included therein.

Systematics

A Morphinae on dragon fruit.

This group is the subject of intense study and the following classification is subject to modification:

Morphini:

• Antirrhea
• Caerois
• Morpho

This group sometimes includes the monotypic tribe Biini, otherwise placed in the Brassolini.

Amathusiini (sometimes considered a distinct subfamily Amathusiinae)

• 15 genera (see subfamily article)

Brassolini (previously considered a distinct subfamily Brassolinae)

• 18-19 genera, see subfamily article

References

• Freitas, A. V. L., Debra L. Murray, D. L., and Brown, K. S., Jr. 2002. Immatures, natural history and the systematic position of Bia actorion (Nymphalidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 56(3): 117-122, 2 figs. (11 October) (Bia placed in Satyrinae)
• Lamas, G. (Ed.). (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Gainesville: Association for Tropical Lepidoptera. ISBN 094541728.

External links

• nearctica.com: Checklist of Nearctic Nymphalidae. Retrieved 2007-JUN-05.
• Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Morphinae. Version of 2007-MAR-27. Retrieved 2007-JUN-05.
• TOL Note that here the tribes of Morphinae are now tribes of Satyrinae
• Neotropical Butterflies Brassolini are treated (ranked) as a subfamily Morphinae