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Palaeonympha opalina Butler 1871

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Euptychiina

Introduction

A monotypic genus from Taiwan and the only Old World representative of a mainly neotropical subtribe. Palaeonympha was hypothesized to be affiliated with Euptychiina by Miller (1968), and this is supported by the DNA-based study of Peña et al. (2006).

References

Miller LD. 1968. The higher classification, phylogeny and zoogeography of the Satyridae (Lepidoptera). Mem. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 24: 1-174.

Peña 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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Scientific Name Palaeonympha opalina
Location Taiwan
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By ashung
Life Cycle Stage adult
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Source 古眼蝶(銀蛇目蝶)Palaeonympha opalina macrophthalmia Fruhstorfer
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Copyright © 2008 ashung
Scientific Name Palaeonympha opalina
Reference Marín, M.A., Peña, C., Freitas, A.V.L., Wahlberg, N. & Uribe, S.I. (2011) From the phylogeny of the Satyrinae butterflies to the systematics of Euptychiina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): history, progress and prospects. Neotropical Entomology 40, 1-13. (Fig.3.14)
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Identified By M. A. Marín
Life Cycle Stage adult
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