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| Satyrus actaea, Languedoc-Roussillon, France | |
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| Lethe appalachia (syn. Satyrodes appalachia), Virginia, United States | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini Boisduval, 1833 |
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| Diversity[2] | |
| approximately 220 genera, 2200 species | |
The Satyrini is one of the tribes of the subfamily Satyrinae. It includes about 2200 species and is therefore the largest tribe in the subfamily which comprises 2500 species.[2]
Satyrini butterflies have a worldwide distribution, but the distribution pattern differs between subtribes. Some subtribes are almost restricted to a single biogeographic region, such as the Pronophilina, which is found only in Andean cloud forests from VenezuelatoBolivia.[2]
The larval food plants of many species in this tribe are grasses, i.e. Poaceae. It is considered that the Satyrini diversified at about the same time as the grasses did, and that the radiation of the tribe is therefore closely related to the evolution of the grasses.[2][3]
In contrast, the tribe has a few genera which show uncommon feeding preferences.[3] Three genera, Euptychia, Ragadia and Acrophtalmia, feed on Lycopsida, and moreover, some species of Euptychia have been reported to feed on mossesofNeckeraceae. This is interesting cases as these genera are not considered to be very closely related to each other.[4]
The taxonomy of the subfamily Satyrinae has recently undergone a significant revision. Peña et al. (2006) showed that most of the traditionally well known group are paraphyleticorpolyphyletic and developed a new taxonomy, based on molecular phylogenetic. The classification scheme transferred many genera traditionally placed in the Elymniini to the Satyrini,[5] and later studies have largely followed this classification.[6][7] Thus, the Satyrini is now considered to include the genera previously placed in the Elymniini, such as Lethe, Pararge and Mycalesis.[1] However, the phylogenetic statuses of some subtribes within the tribe are still unclear and the revision of the classification is likely to continue.[7]
According to Wahlberg (2019), the Satyrini includes the following subtribes and genera:
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| Subfamily | Elymniinae | Tribe | Elymniini | Elymniini | |
| Tribe | Elymniini | Subtribe | Elymniiti | ||
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| Tribe | Lethini | Subtribe | Lethiti | ||
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| Tribe | Mycalesini | Subtribe | Mycalesiti | ||
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| Tribe | Zetherini | Subtribe | Zetheriti | ||
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| Subfamily | Biinae | Tribe | Biini | Melanitini | |
| Tribe | Melanitini | Subtribe | Melanititi | ||
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| Subfamily | Haeterinae | Tribe | Haeterini | Haeterini | |
| Tribe | Haeterini |
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| Subfamily | Satyrinae | Tribe | Satyrini | Satyrini | |
| Subtribe | Parargina | ||||
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| Subtribe | Lethina | ||||
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| Subtribe | Mycalesina | ||||
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| Tribe | Coenonymphini | Subtribe | Coenonymphiti | Coenonymphina | |
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| Tribe | Hypocystini | Subtribe | Hypocystiti | ||
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| Tribe | Euptychiini | Subtribe | Euptychiiti | Euptychiina | |
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| Tribe | tribe uncertain | Subtribe | subtribe uncertain | subtribe uncertain | |
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| Tribe | Ypthimini | Subtribe | Ypthimiti | Ypthimina | |
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| Tribe | Melanargiini | Subtribe | Melanargiiti | Melanargiina | |
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| Tribe | Maniolini | Subtribe | Manioliti | Maniolina | |
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| Tribe | Pronophilini | Subtribe | Pronophiliti | Pronophilina | |
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| Tribe | Erebiini | Subtribe | Erebiiti | Erebiina | |
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| Tribe | Satyrini | Subtribe | Satyriti | Satyrina | |
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