Key to the Subfamilies of the Nymphalidæ of Temperate North America
| I. | With the veins of the fore wings not greatly swollen at the base. |
| A. | Antennæ naked, not clothed with scales. |
| | (a) Fore wings less than twice as long as broad | Euplœinæ. |
| | (b) Fore wings twice as long as broad and often translucent, the abdomen extending far beyond the inner angle of the hind wings | Ithomiinæ. |
| B. | Antennæ clothed with scales, at least above. |
| | (a) Fore wings at least twice as long as broad | Heliconiinæ. |
| | (b) Fore wings less than twice as long as broad. |
| | | 1. Palpi not as long as the thorax | Nymphalinæ. |
| | | 2. Palpi longer than the thorax | Libytheinæ. |
| II. | With some of the veins of the fore wing greatly swollen at the base | Satyrinæ. |
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