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Satyridae=Satyrinae?

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AntSkr, 05.06.2007 18:30

On many European sites, the family Satyridae is shown as a subfamily of the nymphalidae Satyrinae. By what signs were they assigned to the family nymphalidae?

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05.06.2007 19:08, Ilia Ustiantcev

I know only one: reduced front legs (not used for walking). Perhaps they had a common ancestor? (i.e. they split up later than the others)

05.06.2007 19:12, AntSkr

Only 4 families from the Papilionoidea superfamily remain in the European classification. All the others were classified as nymphalids.

05.06.2007 19:15, Ilia Ustiantcev

Indeed, according to our classification, Lybethiadae (snouts) and Ridionidae (or Erycinidae???) - different families. But I don't know why.

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