Victorinini is a tribe

Tribe (biology)

In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...

 of brush-footed

Nymphalidae

The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. 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...

 butterflies. The four butterfly genera contained in this tribe are Anartia, Metamorpha, Napeocles, and Siproeta.

Those genera were previously included in the Kallimini

Kallimini

Kallimini is a tribe of brush-footed butterflies.- List of genera :* Catacroptera Karsch, 1894 – pirates* Doleschallia C. & R...

 tribe. In the early 2000s, genetic testing

Genetic testing

Genetic testing is among the newest and most sophisticated of techniques used to test for genetic disorders which involves direct examination of the DNA molecule itself. Other genetic tests include biochemical tests for such gene products as enzymes and other proteins and for microscopic...

determined that Kallimini encountered a paraphyly

Paraphyly

A group of taxa is said to be paraphyletic if the group consists of all the descendants of a hypothetical closest common ancestor minus one or more monophyletic groups of descendants...

 with regard to the Melitaeini

Melitaeini

Melitaeini are a group of brush-footed butterflies. Usually classified as a tribe of the Nymphalinae, they are sometimes raised to subfamily status as Melitaeinae...

. There is also some indication that the genus Siproeta could be paraphyletic with regard to Napeocles.

List of genera

• Metamorpha (Hübner
  Jacob Hübner
  Jacob Hübner was a German entomologist. He was the author of Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge , a founding work of entomology.-Scientific career:...
  
  , 1819)
  • M. elissa (Hübner, 1819)
• Anartia
  Anartia
  Anartia is a genus of butterflies in family Nymphalidae, and subfamily Nymphalinae, found in tropical and subtropical areas in the Americas...
  
  (Hübner, 1819) - peacocks
  • A. amathea
    Anartia amathea
    The Brown Peacock or Scarlet Peacock is a species of nymphalid butterfly, found primarily in South America. The type locality is probably Surinam, and the species is found from Panama to Argentina; Grenada, Barbados, Antigua...
    
     (Linnaeus
    Carolus Linnaeus
    Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
    
    , 1758) – Brown (or Scarlet) Peacock
  • A. chrysopelea
    Anartia chrysopelea
    The Cuban Peacock or Caribbean Peacock is a species of butterfly generally only found in Cuba, although stray specimens have been encountered in Monroe County, Florida.-External links:** at funet.fi...
    
     (Hübner, 1831) – Cuban Peacock
  • A. fatima
    Anartia fatima
    The Banded Peacock or Fatima is a species of butterfly found in the southern United States, Mexico and Central America. More information can be found at: and -External links:** at funet.fi...
    
     (Fabricius
    Johan Christian Fabricius
    Johan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...
    
    , 1793) – Banded Peacock or Fatima
  • A. jatrophae
    Anartia jatrophae
    The White Peacock is a species of butterfly found in the southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America....
    
     (Linnaeus, 1763) – White Peacock
  • A. lytrea
    Anartia lytrea
    Godart's Peacock Anartia lytrea, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Cuba, the Isle of Youth, and the Swan Islands. The butterfly has been known to occasionally stray into the Lower Keys of Florida.-External links:** at funet.fi...
    
     (Godart
    Jean Baptiste Godart
    Jean-Baptiste Godart was a French entomologist.Born at Origny, Godart became impassioned by butterflies in his youth. He was charged by Pierre André Latreille with writing the article on these insects in the Encyclopédie Méthodique...
    
    , 1819) – Godart's Peacock
• Siproeta (Hübner, 1823)
  • S. epaphus
    Siproeta epaphus
    The Rusty-tipped Page , also known as the Brown Siproeta, is a New World butterfly that lives all year in tropical habitats. It has large wings, averaging , that are black on the center and brown on the undersides. S. epaphus is found throughout Central America, where it is one of the most common...
    
     (Latreille
    Pierre André Latreille
    Pierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis...
    
    , 1813)
  • S. superba (Bates
    Henry Walter Bates
    Henry Walter Bates FRS FLS FGS was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expedition to the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace in 1848. Wallace returned in 1852, but lost his collection in a shipwreck...
    
    , 1864)
  • S. stelenes
    Siproeta stelenes
    Siproeta stelenes, commonly known as the Malachite, is a neotropical brush-footed butterfly . The malachite has large wings that are black and brilliant green or yellow-green on the uppersides and light brown and olive green on the undersides. It is named for the mineral malachite, which is similar...
    
     (Linnaeus, 1758) – Malachite
• Napeocles (Bates, 1864)
  • N. jucunda (Hübner, 1808)