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Ladies, Anglewings, and Allies
Nymphalini
Nymphalini is a tribe of nymphalid brush-footed butterflies. Common names include admirals, anglewings, commas, and tortoiseshells, but none of these is specific to one particular genus.
12 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Ladies and Related Admirals
genusVanessa
Tortoiseshells
genusAglais

Commas
genusPolygonia

Tortoiseshells
genusNymphalis

Maps
genusAraschnia

Jesters
genusSymbrenthia

Mapwings
genusHypanartia

Colobura
genusColobura

Kaniska
genusKaniska

Smyrna
genusSmyrna

Tigridia
genusTigridia

African Admirals
genusAntanartia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Nymphalini in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 202066.