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Danainae Boisduval 1833

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

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

These groups have traditionally been united by similarities of hostplant use–basal members of each group are associated with Asclepiadaceae and/or Apocynaceae (Ackery 1988). Molecular evidence supporting their close relationship has been found by Brower (2000), and morphological synapomorphies by Freitas and Brown (2004).

References

Ackery PR. 1988. Hostplants and classification: a review of nymphalid butterflies. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 33: 95-203.

Brower AVZ. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships among the Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) inferred from partial sequences of the wingless gene. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 267: 1201-1211.

Freitas AVL, and Brown KSJ. 2004. Phylogeny of the Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera). Systematic Biology 53: 363-383.

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Scientific Name Ideopsis similis
Location Taiwan
Acknowledgements This image is licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Creative Commons License.
source: flickr: IMG_7755al1
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Copyright © 2006 leemt2
Scientific Name Tellervo zoilus
Location Queensland, Australia
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Identified By Darrell Kemp
Copyright © Niklas Wahlberg
Scientific Name Greta oto
Location Bedford Butterfly Park
Acknowledgements This image is licensed under the Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Creative Commons License.
source: flickr: Glass Wing
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Copyright © 2006 Bill Hails
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Niklas Wahlberg
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden


Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

Correspondence regarding this page should be directed to Niklas Wahlberg at and Andrew V. Z. Brower at

Citing this page:

Wahlberg, Niklas and Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2006. Danainae Boisduval 1833. Version 09 December 2006 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Danainae/12187/2006.12.09 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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