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Biblidinae Boisduval 1833

Niklas Wahlberg and Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Nymphalidae

Introduction

Most of the species of Biblidinae are neotropical, but there are some Old World representatives in Biblidini and Epicaliini.

References

Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

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Scientific Name Vila emilia
Location Manu Wildlife Center, Manu, Peru
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Emilia Beauty
Source Collection Neotropical Butterflies
Copyright © 2004 Kim Garwood
Scientific Name Hamadryas februa
Location captive at Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Blended
Source Collection Flickr
ToL Image Use creative commons This image is licensed under the Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Creative Commons License.
Copyright © 2006 Jim
Scientific Name Biblis hyperia
Location Hotel Tanninul, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Red Rim
Source Collection Neotropical Butterflies
Copyright © 2003 Richard Lehman
About This Page

Niklas Wahlberg
University of Turku, Finland


Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

Correspondence regarding this page should be directed to Niklas Wahlberg at and Andrew V. Z. Brower at

Citing this page:

Wahlberg, Niklas and Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. Biblidinae Boisduval 1833. Version 15 May 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Biblidinae/69947/2007.05.15 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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