List of butterflies of Colombia

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This is a list of butterflies of Colombia . About 1,600 species are known from Colombia. [1]

Contents

Hesperiidae

Hesperiinae

Heteropterinae

Pyrginae

Pyrrhopyginae

Lycaenidae

Polyommatinae

Theclinae

Nymphalidae

Acraeinae

Apaturinae

Biblidinae

Brassolinae

Charaxinae

Danainae

Heliconiinae

Ithomiinae

Libytheinae

Limenitidinae

Melitaeinae

Morphinae

Nymphalinae

Satyrinae

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Pieridae

Coliadinae

Dismorphinae

Pierinae

Riodinidae

Euselasiinae

Riodininae

See also

Related Research Articles

In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Carl Linnaeus classified the arthropods, including insects, arachnids and crustaceans, among his class "Insecta". Butterflies and moths were brought together under the name Lepidoptera. Linnaeus divided the group into three genera – Papilio, Sphinx and Phalaena. The first two, together with the seven subdivisions of the third, are now used as the basis for nine superfamily names: Papilionoidea, Sphingoidea, Bombycoidea, Noctuoidea, Geometroidea, Torticoidea, Pyraloidea, Tineoidea and Alucitoidea.

References

  1. ↑ Andrade-C., M. Gonzalo. Biodiversidad de las Mariposas (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) de Colombia. pp. 153–172. In: Proyecto de Red Iberoamericana de Biogeografía y Entomología Sistemática PrIBES 2002. Costa. C., Vanin, S. A., Lobo, J. M. & Melic, A. (Eds.) Monografías Tercer Milenio, vol. 2, SEA, Zaragoza, Julio-2002.
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