Euptychiina
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With the exception of the Taiwanese Palaeonympha, Euptychiina are an exclusively New World, mainly neotropical satyrine clade. A few species and genera extend into the U. S., including Megisto, Hermeuptychia and Cyllopsis, but the vast preponderance of species occur in tropical Central and South America. Most species are monocot feeders, but a few, such as members of Euptychia, feed on unusual hosts such as the spikemoss Selaginella.
References
Forster W. 1964. Beitr?ge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Boliviens. XIX. Einleitung Lepidoptera III. Satyridae. Ver?ffentlichungen der zoologischen Staatsammlung M?nchen 3: 81-160, plates 25-33.
Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
Miller LD. 1968. The higher classification, phylogeny and zoogeography of the Satyridae (Lepidoptera). Mem. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 24: 1-174.
Murray D, and Prowell DP. 2005. Molecular phylogenetics and evolutionary history of the neotropical satyrine subtribe Euptychiina (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 34: 67-80.
Pe?a C, Wahlberg N, Weingartner E, Kodandaramaiah U, Nylin S, Freitas AVL, and Brower AVZ. 2006. Higher level phylogeny of Satyrinae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on DNA sequence data. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 40: 29-49.
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- First online 01 November 2006
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