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Vagrantini Pinratana & Eliot 1996

Niklas Wahlberg and Andrew V. Z. Brower
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taxon links [up-->]Lachnoptera [up-->]Cirrochroa [up-->]Algiachroa [up-->]Algia [up-->]Vindula [up-->]Terinos [up-->]Cupha [up-->]Phalanta [up-->]Smerina [up-->]Vagrans Monophyly Uncertain[down<--]Heliconiinae Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: Heliconiinae

Introduction

A group of mainly southeast Asian and Australasian genera that may be paraphyletic with respect to Argynnini.

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

The hypothesis presented here is that of Penz and Peggie (2003), with the position of Algiachroa inferred on the basis of discussion in Parsons (1999). The monophyly and relationships within this group are still not strongly corroborated - molecular data suggest that the pattern of affinities may be somewhat different from those presented here (Wahlberg and Brower, unpubl.).

References

Parsons M. 1999. The butterflies of Papua New Guinea: their systematics and biology. Academic Press, San Diego.

Penz CM, and Peggie D. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships among Heliconiinae genera based on morphology (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Syst. Ent. 28: 451-479.

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Scientific Name Cupha erymanthis
Location Hong Kong
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Spring Coming....
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Scientific Name Phalanta phalantha
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source 紅擬豹斑蝶 Phalanta phalaata
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Copyright © 2007 Changhua Coast Conservation Action 台灣水鳥研究
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Niklas Wahlberg
University of Turku, Finland


Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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Wahlberg, Niklas and Andrew V. Z. Brower. 2006. Vagrantini Pinratana & Eliot 1996. Version 11 November 2006 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Vagrantini/70207/2006.11.11 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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