The Eurybiini are a small

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of metalmark

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...

(

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Riodinidae Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. The 1532 species are placed in 146 genera. Although mostly Neotropical in distribution, t ...

). They are one of the

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tribes of the

Riodininae __NOTOC__ Riodininae is the largest of the three subfamilies within the metalmark butterfly family, Riodinidae. Classification Riodininae contains the following tribes: * Befrostiini Grishin, 2019 * Calydnini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018 ...

, outside the main radiation but not quite as primitive as the

Mesosemiini __NOTOC__ The Mesosemiini are one of the tribes of metalmark butterflies (family Riodinidae). They are the basalmost living tribe of the Riodininae, outside the main radiation together with the slightly more advanced Eurybiini. Genera As numer ...

. Though numerous Riodinidae

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have not yet been unequivocally placed in a tribe and the genus list is thus preliminary, it is not very likely that many other genera will end up being assigned here.Brower (2007); see also references in Savela (2008)

Genera

* '' Alesa'' Doubleday, 1847 * '' Eurybia'' lliger 1807

Footnotes

References

* (2007):

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Eurybiini Stichel 1910
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