The Acraeini are a

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

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 ...

of 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 ...

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 ...

Genera

The recognized genera are: Tree of Life * ''

Abananote ''Abananote'' is a genus of butterflies from north-western South America of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae. For taxonomic problems regarding this group, see ''Acraea Acraea (Ancient Greek: means 'of the heights' from ''a ...

'' Potts, 1943 * ''

Acraea Acraea (Ancient Greek: means 'of the heights' from ''akraios'') was a name that had several uses in Greek and Roman mythology. * Acraea, the naiad daughter of the river-god Asterion near Mycenae, who together with her sisters Euboea and Prosy ...

'' Fabricius, 1807 – acraeas * ''

Actinote ''Actinote'' is a genus of butterflies from South America of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae. (For taxonomic problems regarding this group, see ''Acraea (genus), Acraea''.) Male, Males interact with or without physical contac ...

'' Hübner,

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/small> – actinotes * ''

Altinote ''Altinote'' is a genus of butterflies from South America of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae. For taxonomic problems regarding this group, see ''Acraea''. Species Listed alphabetically within groups:Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007 ...

'' Potts, 1943 – altinotes * ''

Bematistes ''Bematistes'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. The genus is often included in ''Acraea''. Species *''umbra'' species group: **'' Bematistes adrasta'' (Weymer, 1892) **'' Bematistes aganice'' (Hewitson, 1852) **'' Bematistes ...

'' Hemming, 1935 *''

Cethosia ''Cethosia'', commonly called the lacewings, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae. They are found mainly in southeastern Asia as far south as Australia. Species Listed alphabetically: ** ''Cethosia hy ...

'' (Fabricius, 1807) – lacewings * '' Miyana'' (Fruhstorfer, 1914) The genus ''Acraea'' is highly

paraphyletic Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages. The grouping is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In co ...

and needs to be redelimited. This will possibly re-establish the old genus ''Telchinia'', and perhaps others. The genus ''

Pardopsis ''Pardopsis'' is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. Its only species is ''Pardopsis punctatissima'', the polka dot. It is found in the fynbos of South Africa, in lowland and Afromontane forest, and grassland from Van Stadens ...

'' Trimen, 1887, previously included in Acraeini, has tentatively been moved to the

Argynnini Argynnini is a Tribe (biology), tribe of butterfly, butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae, containing some of the fritillaries. This group has roughly 100 species worldwide and roughly 30 in North America. Systematics This group has also be ...

tribe.

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q3354454 * Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval Butterfly tribes