NYMPHALINjE. 45 



GROUPS OF GENERA OF NYMPHALIN/E AS ARRANGED BY 

 SCHATZ. 



A. Larva clothed with more or less developed spines. 



a. Front tarsi in the female with spines on joints 1-4. 



t Median spur present. 



I. Argynnis group : 



Colaenis, Dione, Cethosia, Cynthia, Argynnis. 



I Median spur absent. 



II. Melitaea group : 



Melitaea, Phyciodes, Coatlantora. 



III. Vanessa group : 



Hypanartia, Vanessa, Precis, Salamis, Kallima, Eurytela. 



IV. Diadema group : 



Hypolimnas, Victorina, Hestina, Euripus, Euxanthe. 



V. Ageronia group : 



Ageronia, Panacea, Ectima ; 

 and sub-section : Biblis group, Didonis, Cystineura, Vila. 



b. Front tarsi in the female with spines on joints 2-4 only. 



\ Median spur absent. 



VI. Eunica group. 



a. Eunica group (restricted). 



Myscelia, Catonephele, Eunica, Temenis. 



b. Catagramma group : 



Perisama, Callicore, Catagramma, Callithea : 

 and sub-section : Gynxcia group : Gynaecia, Smyrna, 

 Callizona. 



VII. Neptis group : 



Neptis (and Dynamine ?). 



I 1 Median spur present. 



