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Amathusiini

Niklas Wahlberg and Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Satyrinae

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

Corbet et al. (1992) state that Faunis, Melanocyma and Taenaris "form a natural group probably worthy of subtribal rank ... ." This hypothesis is supported by preliminar molecular results (Peña et al. 2006, Wahlberg & Brower unpubl.). Hyantis and Morphopsis, two New Guinean genera traditionally included in Amathusiini, appear to be associated instead with Elymniiini. Note that Xanthataenia is not an amathusiine. This was pointed out by Corbet et al. (1992) on the basis of larval morphology, and has been corroborated by molecular evidence (Wahlberg & Brower, unpubl.).

References

Corbet AS, Pendlebury HM, and Eliot JN. 1992. The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.

Parsons M. 1999. The butterflies of Papua New Guinea: their systematics and biology. Academic Press, San Diego.

Pena C, and Lamas G. 2005. Revision of the butterfly genus Forsterinaria Gray, 1973 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Revista Peruana de Biologia 12: 5-48.

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Scientific Name Faunis eumeus
Location Hong Kong
Acknowledgements This image is licensed under the Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Creative Commons License.
source: flickr: Old Friend Again
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Copyright © 2005 Charles Lam
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Niklas Wahlberg
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden


Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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Wahlberg, Niklas and Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2006. Amathusiini. Version 09 November 2006 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Amathusiini/70273/2006.11.09 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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