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Tellervini

Niklas Wahlberg and Andrew V. Z. Brower taxon links [down<--]Danainae Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: Danainae

Introduction

The tribe Tellervini contains a single genus, Tellervo, with six species distributed in New Guinea, northern Australia and the Solomon Islands.

Characteristics

Medium-sized black butterflies with white spots. Male tellervines lack both the abdominal hairpencils of danaines and the hindwing hairpencils of ithomiines. The larvae are danaidiform, with thoracic and abdominal tubercles. Larval food plant is Parsonsia.

References

Ackery PR. 1987. The danaid genus Tellervo (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) - a cladistic approach. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 89: 203-274.

Parsons M. 1998. The butterflies of Papua New Guinea: their systematics and biology. Academic Press, San Diego.

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About This Page

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. Tellervini. Version 27 September 2006 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Tellervini/27572/2006.09.27 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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