Kallimini is a tribe of brush-footed butterflies.

Kallimini
Denaid eggfly (Hypolimnas misippus) on Portulacaria afra in Hyderabad, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Kallimini
Doherty, 1886
Genera

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List of genera

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  • Catacroptera Karsch, 1894 – pirates
  • Doleschallia C. & R. Felder, 1860
  • Hypolimnas – eggflies, diadems (tentatively placed here)
  • Kallima Doubleday, 1849 – oakleaf butterflies, oakleaves
  • Mallika Collins & Larsen, 1991 – Jackson's leaf butterfly

In some classifications, Hypolimnas is placed in the Junoniini.

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