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Anaeini
Tribe of butterflies
Anaeini is a tribe of Neotropical brush-footed butterflies. Their wing undersides usually mimic dead leaves.
Included genera (and notable species) are:
- Anaea Hübner, [1819]
- Coenophlebia
- Consul
- Fountainea (several formerly in Anaea)
- Hypna
- Memphis (formerly included in Anaea)
- Polygrapha
- Siderone
- Zaretis Hübner, [1819]
Anaeomorpha is sometimes placed here, but more often in the Preponini.
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