Acraeini

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Heliconiinae
Tribus: Acraeini
Genera: Abananote - Acraea - Actinote - Altinote – Bematistes – Cethosia – Miyana – Telchinia

Name
Acraeini Boisduval, 1833

The Acraeini are a tribe of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Genera

The recognized genera are:[1]

Abananote Potts, 1943
Acraea Fabricius, 1807 – acraeas
Actinote Hübner, [1819] – actinotes
Altinote Potts, 1943 – altinotes
Bematistes Hemming, 1935
Cethosia (Fabricius, 1807) – lacewings
Miyana (Fruhstorfer, 1914)

The genus Acraea is highly paraphyletic and needs to be redelimited. This will possibly re-establish the old genus Telchinia, and perhaps others.

The genus Pardopsis Trimen, 1887, previously included in Acraeini, has tentatively been moved to the Argynnini tribe.
References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2009-06-21. Tree of Life