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Callidulidae
Sign in to saveCallidulidae, the only known family of the superfamily Calliduloidea, is the family of Old World butterfly-moths, containing eight genera. They have a peculiar distribution, restricted to the Old World tropics of Southeast Asia to Australasia and Madagascar. The three subfamilies exhibit both day- and night-flying behaviour.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyCallidulidae
Les Callidulidae sont une famille de lépidoptères, la seule de la super-famille des Calliduloidea. Sous-familles et genres Callidulinae Pterodecta Butler, 1877 Tetragonus Geyer, 1832 Callidula Hübner, [1819] Comella Pagenstecher, 1902 Cleis Guérin-Ménéville, 1831 Griveaudiinae Griveaudia Viette, 1958 Pterothysaninae Caloschemia Butler (syn. Helicomitra) Pterothysanus Walker, 1854
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- Specimen records
- 5
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- 2
- Family
- Callidulidae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea
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Callidulidae, the only known family of the superfamily Calliduloidea, is the family of Old World butterfly-moths, containing eight genera. They have a peculiar distribution, restricted to the Old World tropics of Southeast Asia to Australasia and Madagascar. The three subfamilies exhibit both day- and night-flying behaviour.
The mainly day-flying Callidulinae can be distinguished by their resting posture, which is the most butterfly-like, with the wings held closely over the back. Resembling the butterfly family Lycaenidae, these moths can be told apart by their antennae which taper to a point or may be very subtly clubbed. The more often night-flying Pterothysaninae and Griveaudiinae have a different adult resting posture (the latter roof-like in repose) and these were not placed within the Callidulidae until recently.
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