Anartia
Andrew V. Z. Brower![taxon links](http://tolweb.org/tolarchive/70323/20061209/Public/treeImages/Anartia.gif%3Fx=-262534750)
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A mainly neotropical genus. Two species, Anartia lytrea and A. chrysopelea, occur in the greater Antilles. A. jatrophae, the white peacock, is widespread from the southern U. S. throughout tropical South America. A. fatima occurs in Mexico and Central America and meets South American A. amathea in Panama, where the two intermingle in a hybrid zone (Dasmahaptra et al. 2003).
Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
The topology is derived from the Blum et al. (2003) mtDNA tree.References
Blum MJ, Bermingham E, and Dasmahapatra K. 2003. A molecular phylogeny of the neotropical butterfly genus Anartia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26: 46-55.
Dasmahaptra KK, Blum MJ, Aiello A, Hackwell S, Davies N, Bermingham EP, and Mallet J. 2002. Inferences from a rapidly moving hybrid zone. Evolution 56: 741-753.
Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
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Scientific Name | Anartia jatrophae |
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Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Copyright | © 2005 Xime |
Scientific Name | Anartia fatima |
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Location | Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico |
Acknowledgements | Photograph courtesy InsectImages.org (#2134027) |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Life Cycle Stage | adult |
Copyright | © William M. Ciesla, Forest Health Management International |
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