The higher classification of Nymphalidae

Niklas Wahlberg

Links to a species level classification of subfamilies, tribes and subtribes.

This page updated on 2022-03-07. The subfamilies are based on

Wahlberg, N., Leneveu, J., Kodandaramaiah, U., Peña, C., Nylin, S., Freitas, A. V. L. & Brower, A. V. Z. 2009: Nymphalid butterflies diversify following near demise at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B Biological Sciences 276: 4295-4302. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1303