Danaini
Niklas Wahlberg and Andrew V. Z. Brower
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The Danainae are a pantropical group with their main area of diversification in southeast Asia and Australasia.Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
The tree is based upon the morphological cladistic analysis of Ackery & Vane-Wright (1984) and largely corroborated by molecular data (Brower & Wahlberg unpubl.)
References
Ackery PR, and Vane-Wright RI. 1984. Milkweed butterflies. British Museum (Natural History), London.
Vane-Wright RI, Boppré M, and Ackery PR. 2002. Miriamica, a new genus of milkweed butterflies with unique androconial organs (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 241: 255-267.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Euploea midamus |
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| Location | Hong Kong, 22.42713 North, 114.12103 East |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Beautiful Flower Open |
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| Copyright | © 2005 Charles Lam |
| Location | Taiwan |
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licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Creative Commons License. source: flickr: IMG_6994al1 |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2006 leemt2 |
| Scientific Name | Idea leuconoe |
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| Location | Taiwan |
| Acknowledgements |
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licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Creative Commons License. source: flickr: IMG_9343l1 |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2006 leemt2 |
About This Page
Niklas Wahlberg
University of Turku, Finland
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
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- First online 25 September 2006
- Content changed 25 March 2007
Citing this page:
Wahlberg, Niklas and Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. Danaini . Version 25 March 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Danaini/27571/2007.03.25 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
