| Satyrinae | |
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| Speckled wood, Pararge aegeria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Satyrinae Boisduval, 1833 |
| Tribes[1] | |
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Dirini[citation needed] | |
| Diversity | |
| Over 280 genera, some 2400 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Satyridae | |
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 diversity of brush-footed butterflies. The true number of the Satyrinae species is estimated to exceed 2,400.[2]
- ^ "Satyrinae". tolweb.org.
- ^ The Lepidoptera Taxome Project (TLTP) (2007): Taxonomy of butterflies: the scale of the problem. Retrieved 2007-SEP-07.)