Anaeini

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Kingdom Animalia Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Anaeini Higher classification Charaxinae Order Butterflies and moths		Superfamily Papilionoidea Subfamily Charaxinae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Tribe

Similar Butterfly, Butterflies and moths, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae, Zaretis

Anaeini is a tribe of Neotropical brush-footed butterflies. Their wing undersides usually mimic dead leaves.

Included genera (and notable species) are:

Anaea Hübner, [1819]

Anaea aidea – tropical leafwing

Anaea andria – goatweed leafwing

Anaea eurypyle – ointed leafwing

Anaea glycerium – angled leafwing

Anaea halice – pear-winged leafwing

Anaea nobilis – noble leafwing

Anaea oenomaiis – blue leafwing

Anaea ryphea – blue-barred leafwing

Anaea troglodyta (Fabricius, 1775) – Florida leafwing, Portia, or Florida goatweed butterfly

Coenophlebia

Consul

Fountainea

Hypna

Memphis (formerly included in Anaea)

Polygrapha

Siderone

Zaretis Hübner, [1819]

Aneaomorpha is sometimes placed here, but more often in the Preponini.

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