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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Nymphalidae
Family recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Ithomiidae
Family recognized by GBIF classification
Nymphalidae
Recognized by iNaturalist, Iran Species List, Saint Kitts and Nevis Species List, Turkmenistan, Tibet Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, United Kingdom Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Arctic Arthropods, Afghanistan Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Hudson Bay Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, South China Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Slovakia Species List, Slovenia Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, South Korea Species List, South Sudan Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Sudan Species List, Suriname Species List, Swaziland Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Turkey Species List, Uganda Species List, Ukraine Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Uruguay Species List, Uzbekistan Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Yemen Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Taiwan Species List, New Caledonia Species List, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, R union Species List, Nepal Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Nigeria Species List, Niue, North Korean Species List, Palestine Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Paraguay Species List, Peru Species List, S o Tom and Pr ncipe Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Republic of the Congo, Romania Species List, Samoa Species List, Senegal Species List, Serbia Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Singapore Species List, Rwanda Species List, Saint Lucia Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Kosovo Species List, Java Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Iraq Species List, Ireland Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Jamaica Species List, Jordan Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Kenya Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Mali Species List, Mauritania Species List, Mauritius Species List, Kyrgyzstan Species List, Laos Species List, Latvia Species List, Lebanon Species List, Lesotho Species List, Liberia Species List, Libya Species List, Liechtenstein Species List, Lithuania Species List, Mexico Species List, Mongolia Species List, Morocco Species List, Mozambique Species List, Myanmar Species List, Macedonia Species List, Guernsey Species List, French Guiana Species List, Falkland Islands Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, France Species List, Hungary Species List, Honduras Species List, Guatemala Species List, Finland Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Estonia Species List, Fiji Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Eritrea Species List, Ecuador Species List, Georgia Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Greece Species List, Guyana Species List, Haiti Species List, Indonesia Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Hong Kong Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Barbados Species List, Belarus Species List, Belize Species List, Belgium Species List, Benin Species List, Bhutan Species List, Bosnia and Herzegovina Species List, Botswana Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Dominica Species List, Cyprus Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Croatia Species List, Cuba Species List, Curacao Species List, Chile Species List, Colombia Species List, Chad Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Bailiwick of Jersey Species List, Algeria Species List, Andorra Species List, Angola Species List, Antigua and Barbuda Species List, Armenia Species List, Aruba Species List, Argentina Species List, Austria Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Afghanistan Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Australia Species List, IUCN Structured Data, Cape Verde Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Denmark Species List, Gibraltar Species List, Guinea Species List, India Species List, Montenegro Species List, Norway Species List, Oman Species List, Pakistan Species List, Namibia Species List, AnAge, NMNH Entomology, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA, CalPhotos in DwC-A, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, Syria Species List, Barry Armstead Photography, ALA, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Greenland Species List, Japan Species List, Philippines Species List, Russia Species List, Egypt Species List, OBIS environmental data records, Cape Verde Species List, Grenada Species List, Albania Species List, Dynamic Hierarchy Synonyms, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Malta Species List, Bolivia Species List, Furui 2020, Gabon Species List, SailinSteve, Panama Species List, United States Species List, and Flickr Group
Nymphalidae Rafinesque 1815

Alternative Names

? fossilis Nekrutenko, 1965
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? reynesii Scudder, 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? wilmattae Cockerell, 1907
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acontia Westwood 1848
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Adolias Boisduval 1836
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agatasa Moore 1899
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aglaura Herrich-Schaffer 1849
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Alacria Henning 1992
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aldania Moore 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Algiachroa Parsons 1989
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Allaemona Nishimura 1999
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Amuriana Dubatolov & Korshunov 1984
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anartiella Fruhstorfer 1907
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anthora Doubleday 1844
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Apatura Hübner 1819
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Argynnina Butler 1867
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Athymodes Moore 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Atlanteuptychia Freitas, Barbosa & Mielke 2013
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aulocera Butler 1867
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Auracraea Henning 1993
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Auzakia Moore 1898
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Azuritis Boudinot 1986
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bassarona Moore 1897
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bhagadatta Moore 1898
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Blanaida Kirby 1877
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bremeria Moore 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Brevioleria Lamas 2004
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Canopus Felder 1861
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Carminda Ebert & Dias 1997
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Catagroptera
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Celaena Doubleday 1849
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Charaxes Schröder & Treadaway 1988
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Charidryas Scudder 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chonala Moore 1893
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Clothilda Blanchard 1840
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Crenis Hübner 1821
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ctenandra Kirby 1894
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cyane Felder 1861
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cynitia Snellen 1895
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cystineura Boisduval 1836
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Diagora Snellen 1894
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didonis Hübner 1819
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Disommata Korb & Bolshakov 2011
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dophla Moore 1880
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Doricleana Hecq 1994
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dracaenura Swinhoe 1917
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dravira Moore 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Druphila Pyrcz 2004
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ducapa Moore 1900
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Epinephile
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ergolis Boisduval 1836
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eueides Hübner 1816
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eurema Doubleday 1848
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Euriphenaria Hecq 1994
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Euryphurana Hecq 1992
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Euthaliopsis Poll 1895
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Garsaurites d'Almeida 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Guaianaza Freitas & Peña 2006
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Gynaecia Doubleday 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Haenschia Lamas 2004
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Harma Doubleday 1848
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Heteropsis Westwood 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hypolimnesthes Moore 1898
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ianussiusa Pyrcz & Viloria 2004
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ichnusa Reuss 1939
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Idata De Lesse 1952
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Idrusia Corbet 1943
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Iphimedeia Fruhstorfer 1912
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Isodema Felder 1863
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Jupitellia Carpenter 1986
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Kallimoides Shirozu & Nakanishi 1984
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Kamilla Collins & Larsen 1991
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Kanetisa Moore 1893
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lamasia Moore 1898
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lebadea Felder 1861
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lethites Scudder 1875
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leucosticha Rothschild & Jordan 1903
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lexias Boisduval 1832
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Limnaecia Scudder 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lincoya Kirby 1871
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mashunoides Mendes & Bivar de Sousa 2009
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megistanis Doubleday 1844
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megisto Hübner 1819
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Meizocellis Brabant 2004
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melanocyma Westwood 1858
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melinaea Bates 1862
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Metamandana Stichel 1907
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mielkella Casagrande 1982
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Migonitis Hübner 1816
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mimoblepia Casagrande 1982
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Miriamica Vane-Wright, Boppré & Ackery 2002
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Moduza Moore 1881
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Morpheis Geyer 1833
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neohipparchia De Lesse 1951
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neophronia Hecq 1985
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neorinopis Butler 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nephargynnis Shirozu & Saigusa 1973
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neruda Turner 1976
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nesoxenica Waterhouse & Lyell 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ollantaya Brown & Freitas 1994
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Oxapampana Brabant 2004
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pachacutia Willmott & Lamas 2007
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paduca Moore 1886
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Palaeontina Butler 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pandoriana Warren 1942
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paradulcedo Constantine 1992
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paramacera Butler 1868
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paraplesia Felder 1862
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paratica
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pareba Doubleday 1848
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pareriboea Roepke 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paroeneis Moore 1893
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paromia Hewitson 1861
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paternympha Henning & Hanning 1997
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Patsuia Moore 1898
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pelia Doubleday 1849
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Percnodaimon Butler 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Proacidalia Reuss 1926
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Protoeneis Gorbunov 2001
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Protogoniomorpha Wallengren 1857
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Protopedaliodes Viloria & Pyrcz 1994
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudargynnis Karsch 1892
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudomaniola Röber 1889
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification and GBIF classification
Pseudoprepona Le Moult 1932
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudotergumia Agenjo 1947
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Roddia Korshunov 1995
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rohana Moore 1880
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rubraea Henning 1992
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Schwartzia Blandin 1988
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Scopodes Nekrutenko 1987
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Serradinga Henning & Henning 1996
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sideronidia Bryk 1939
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Smoljana Slivov 1995
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stephenia Henning 1992
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sumalia Moore 1898
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tacola Moore 1898
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tacoraea Moore 1898
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Talamancana Haber, Brown & Freitas 1994
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tamania Pyrcz 1995
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tarattia Moore 1898
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Taydebis Freitas 2003
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tenaris Hübner 1819
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tigridia Hübner 1819
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Viridixes Bouyer & Vingerhoedt 2008
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Xenica Westwood 1851
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Xois Hewitson 1865
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Yramea Reuss 1920
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Zingha Hemming 1939
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Zunonia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

Brush-footed butterfly
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata
brush-footed butterflies preferred
brush-footed butterfly
Recognized by PBDB in DwCA

Afrikaans

Vierpootskoenlapper preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Arabic

حورائيات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Armenian

նիմֆալիդներ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Belarusian

німфаліды preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bulgarian

многоцветници preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Catalan; Valencian

Nimfàlid preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chinese

蛺蝶科 preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata
蛱蝶科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chuvash

Нимфалида йышшисем preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Croatian

Šarenci preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

Babočkovití preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Danish

Takvingefamilien preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Dutch; Flemish

Schoenlappers, parelmoervlinders en zandoogjes preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Esperanto

Nimfalisedoj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Estonian

Koerlibliklased preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Finnish

Täpläperhoset preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Galician

Ninfálidos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Georgian

ნიმფალიდისებრნი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Edelfalter preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Hebrew

נימפיתיים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hungarian

tarkalepkefélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ingush

Нимфалидаш preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

タテハチョウ科 preferred

Kazakh

Нимфалидтер preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Korean

네발나비과 preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Latvian

Raibeņu dzimta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Lithuanian

Pleštekės preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Macedonian

Шарени пеперутки preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata
шаренци

Malayalam

രോമപാദ ചിത്രശലഭങ്ങൾ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Navajo; Navaho

Kʼaalógii bijáád dį́įʼii preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Norwegian

flikvinger preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
nymfevenger preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

فرچه‌پایان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

rusałkowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Russian

нимфалиды preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Scottish Gaelic

fritilean preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Serbian

Šarenci preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Slovak

Babôčkovité preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Spanish; Castilian

Ninfálidos preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata
Pisančki preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Swedish

Praktfjärilar preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Tamil

வரியன்கள் preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ukrainian

німфаліди preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Upper Sorbian

Kadźency preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Urdu

نمفالیڈ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Vietnamese

Họ Bướm giáp preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Western Frisian

Aureliaflinters preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Wu

蛱蝶科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Pnb

اشناک پکھڑوں preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Yue

蛺蝶 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Cn

蛱蝶科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hans

蛱蝶科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hant

蛺蝶科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hk

蛺蝶科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Tw

蛺蝶科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Nymphalidae

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Amphiesmenoptera
Lepidoptera
Glossata
Coelolepida
Myoglossata
Neolepidoptera
Heteroneura
Eulepidoptera
Ditrysia
Apoditrysia
Obtectomera
Papilionoidea
Nymphalidae (this page)
Bia
Sea