UTirana Fluturat identification

Fluturat e Shqipërisë
Butterflies of Albania

Sylvain Cuvelier =
Anila Paparisto =

Last update: 19.iv.2023

Tirana University
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Department of Biology

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Illustrated keys to identify the butterflies of the Balkans and adjacent areas
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Other families: under construction.

Hesperiidae	Features	Select Family	Select Subfamily	Select morphotype
	Head: as wide as the thorax Eyes: nearer to the thorax Antennae: short, widely separated Wings: often elongated Resting position: wings angled upwards Flight: close to the ground, nervous Out of sight after a few meters Legs: 6, fully developed Size: very small to small butterrflies	Hesperiidae	Hesperiinae

			Heteropterinae

			Pyrginae

Other families	Features	Select Family	Select subfamily	Select morphotype
	Head: smaller than the thorax Eyes: fronto-lateral. Antennae: long, close together Wings:rather square-shaped Resting position: wings closed Flight: rarely nervous Observable over longer distance Legs: 4 or 6, fully developed Size: very small (some Lycaenidae) to very large butterflies	Papilionidae	Papilioninae
			Parnassiinae
		Pieridae	Coliadinae
			Dismorphinae
			Pierinae


		Lycaenidae	Lycaeninae
			Polyommatinae


			Theclinae
				1	2	3
		Riodinidae	Riodininae
		Nymphalidae	Apaturinae
			Charaxinae
			Danainae
			Heliconiinae

			Libytheinae
			Limenitidinae
			Nymphalinae




			Satyrinae

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