Blepolenis
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A small genus of relatively small brassolines from southeastern Brazil. The dorsal wing surfaces are basally tawny orange, with the distal portions dark brown.Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
Relationships as inferred from morphology and DNA sequences by Penz et al. (2011).References
Casagrande, MM. 2004. Brassolini. In Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
Penz, C.M., Mohammadi, N., Wahlberg, N. 2011. Neotropical Blepolenis butterflies: wing pattern elements, phylogeny, and Pleistocene diversification (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 2897: 1-17.
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Scientific Name | Blepolenis batea |
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Location | Brazil: PAC |
Specimen Condition | Dead Specimen |
Identified By | Niklas Wahlberg |
Life Cycle Stage | adult |
View | dorsal/ventral |
Collection | Wahlberg DNA voucher collection |
Collector | André Freitas |
Source | NW155-3 |
Source Collection | The Nymphalidae Systematics Group |
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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
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University of Turku, Finland
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- First online 01 November 2006
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Brower, Andrew V. Z. and Niklas Wahlberg. 2011. Blepolenis http://tolweb.org/Blepolenis/70750/2011.12.09 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
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