Family
Nymphalidae (Brush-footed butterflies)
Nymphalis californica. Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies with about 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world, belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea. These are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-footed butterflies, because they are known to stand on only four legs while the other two are curled up; in some species,…
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