The Melanitini (evening browns and relatives) are one of the smaller

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s of the

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

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(brush-footed

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 ...

)

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. They contain the following

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: * '' Aphysoneura'' Karsch, 1894 - sometimes placed in

Elymniini The Elymniini is one of the tribe (biology), tribes of the subfamily Satyrinae. If the subfamily Satyrinae elevate to family (biology), family status, this tribe shall be treated as subfamily Elymniinae. Elymniini was formerly a large group, but ...

* '' Cyllogenes''

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, 1868 * '' Gnophodes'' Doubleday, 1849 * ''Haydonia'' Pyrcz & Collins, 2020 * '' Manataria'' W.F. Kirby,

902 __NOTOC__ Year 902 (Roman numerals, CMII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Spring – Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany, Adalbert II, margrave of March of Tuscany, Tuscany, revol ...

/small> * '' Melanitis'' Fabricius, 1807 * '' Parantirrhoea'' Wood-Mason, 1881

References

Satyrinae Taxa named by Enzio Reuter Butterfly tribes {{Satyrinae-stub