Vagrantini is a
tribe
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of
butterflies
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 ...
in the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Heliconiinae
The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family (biology), family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45–50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconi ...
found from east Africa over the Indian subcontinent to eastern Asia and Australia.
Genera
Listed in alphabetical order:
Tribe Vagrantini
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
* '' Algia'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1864
* '' Algiachroa'' Parsons, 1989
* '' Cirrochroa'' Doubleday, 1847 – yeomen
* '' Cupha'' Billberg, 1820
* '' Lachnoptera'' Doubleday, 1847
* '' Phalanta'' Horsfield, 1829 – leopards
* '' Smerina'' Hewitson, 1874
* '' Terinos'' Boisduval, 1836
* '' Vagrans'' Hemming, 1934
* '' Vindula'' Hemming, 1934
References
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Butterfly tribes
Taxa named by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel
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