Biblidinae
Niklas Wahlberg and Andrew V. Z. Brower
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This subfamily has traditionally been viewed as belonging to the "Limenitidinae" s. l., which has been shown to be polyphyletic (Brower 2000, Wahlberg et al. 2003, Freitas & Brown 2004). Most of the species of Biblidinae are neotropical, but there are some Old World representatives in Biblidini and Epicaliini.
References
Brower, A. V. Z. 2000 Phylogenetic relationships among the Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) inferred from partial sequences of the wingless gene. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 267, 1201-1211.
Freitas, A. V. L. & Brown, K. S. J. 2004 Phylogeny of the Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera). Systematic Biology 53, 363-383.
Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
Wahlberg, N., Weingartner, E. & Nylin, S. 2003 Towards a better understanding of the higher systematics of Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 28, 473-484.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Dynamine coenus |
|---|---|
| Location | Uruguaí Provincial Park, Misiones, Argentina |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Identified By | Kim Garwood |
| Behavior | puddling at moist sand |
| Life Cycle Stage | adult |
| Source | Coenus Sailor |
| Source Collection | Neotropical Butterflies |
| Copyright | © 2005 Kim Garwood |
| Scientific Name | Hamadryas feronia |
|---|---|
| Location | captive at Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Identified By | Daniel Otero |
| Source | Blended |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Jim |
| Scientific Name | Biblis hyperia |
|---|---|
| Location | Hotel Tanninul, San Luis Potosi, Mexico |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Red Rim |
| Source Collection | Neotropical Butterflies |
| Copyright | © 2003 Richard Lehman |
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Niklas Wahlberg
University of Turku, Finland
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
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- First online 25 September 2006
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