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''Berberia'' is a
butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
genus from the subfamily
Satyrinae The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...
in the family
Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...
. The species in the genus ''Berberia'' occur in
North Africa North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...
."''Berberia'' de Lesse, 1951"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''


Species

*'' Berberia abdelkader'' (Pierret, 1837) *'' Berberia lambessanus'' (Staudinger, 1901)


References


Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic
Satyrini Butterfly genera {{Satyrini-stub