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Adoliadini Doubleday 1845 Adolias Boisduval 1836 is a junior subjective synonym of Euthalia H?bner [1819]

Euthaliini Moore 1895

Niklas Wahlberg and Andrew V. Z. Brower
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taxon links [up-->]Lexias [up-->]Tanaecia [up-->]Euthalia [up-->]Crenidomimas [up-->]Neurosigma [up-->]Pseudargynnis [up-->]Bebearia [up-->]Euryphura [up-->]Dophla [up-->]Catuna [up-->]Pseudathyma [up-->]Aterica [up-->]Euptera [up-->]Hamanumida [up-->]Abrota ganga [up-->]Euriphene [up-->]Cynandra [up-->]Euryphaedra thauma [up-->]Bassarona [up-->]Euphaedra [up-->]Euthaliopsis [up-->]Harmilla elegans Monophyly UncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertain[down<--]Limenitidinae Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: Limenitidinae

Introduction

The evidence supporting the division between the two subtribes of Adoliadini is biogeographical–Adolianina are distributed from India to New Guinea, while Bebearina are Afrotropical. Preliminary molecular data (Wahlberg unpubl.) support this pattern.

A great deal of revisionary work has been conducted recently on various speciose genera in Bebearina, resulting in a startling number of new species. It is unusual that so many new species are still to be discovered in butterflies, even those that dwell in tropical African forests.

References

Larsen, T. B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books.

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Scientific Name Euthalia lubentina
Location Hong Kong
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Funny Eyes
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2005 Charles Lam
Scientific Name Lexias pardalis
Location Captive at tropical butterfly garden, Seattle, Washington
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Archduke, Lexias pardalis
Source Collection Flickr
ToL Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2002 Alexander Fraser Zhang
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Niklas Wahlberg
University of Turku, Finland


Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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Wahlberg, Niklas and Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2008. Adoliadini Doubleday 1845 Adolias Boisduval 1836 is a junior subjective synonym of Euthalia H?bner [1819] . Euthaliini Moore 1895. Version 14 March 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Adoliadini/70200/2008.03.14 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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