Suborder:Glossata Infraorder:Heteroneura Superfamily:Papilionoidea
Refs: Wikipedia; BBI (Easterbrook); CBG (Tolman & Lewington); RES Checklist (Agassiz et al); UKButterflies
Forelegs small or reduced, giving the family the other names of four-footed or brush-footed butterflies.
The male foretarsus has 2 segments and the female has 4 segments.
Antennae always with two grooves on the underside; club variable in shape.
Forewing V1 unbranched, V8&9 from V7, V10&11 sometimes from V7 but more often free ie from subcostal vein before apex of cell.
The cell in both wings closed or open, often closed in the fore, open in the hindwing.
Dorsal margin of hindwing often channelled to receive the abdomen.
Caterpillars hairy or spiky with projections on the head.
Refs: Wikipedia; BBI (Easterbrook); CBG (Tolman & Lewington); RES Checklist (Agassiz et al); UKButterflies
Forelegs small or reduced, giving the family the other names of four-footed or brush-footed butterflies.
The male foretarsus has 2 segments and the female has 4 segments.
Antennae always with two grooves on the underside; club variable in shape.
Forewing V1 unbranched, V8&9 from V7, V10&11 sometimes from V7 but more often free ie from subcostal vein before apex of cell.
The cell in both wings closed or open, often closed in the fore, open in the hindwing.
Dorsal margin of hindwing often channelled to receive the abdomen.
Caterpillars hairy or spiky with projections on the head.
Subfamilies
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Danainae (1G 1S)
001 Danaus plexippus (Monarch) ws: 95-100mm; rare migrant with ~500 British records, mostly from Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (where I have seen it but not yet been able to obtain images) |
Satyrinae (6T 9G 12S)
002-013
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Helioconiinae (3G 7S)
014-020
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Limenitidinae (1G 1S)
021 Limenitis camilla (White Admiral)
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Apaturinae (1G 1S)
022 Apatura iris (Purple Emperor)
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Nymphalinae (5G 10S)
023-032
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Argynninae (2G 4S)
033-036
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