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Boloria Moore 1900

Clossiana Reuss 1920 currently viewed as a subgenus of Boloria, Proclossiana Reuss 1926 currently viewed as a subgenus of Boloria

Thomas Simonsen, Niklas Wahlberg, and Andrew V. Z. Brower
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taxon links [up-->]Boloria epithore [up-->]Boloria improba [up-->]Boloria alaskensis [up-->]Boloria bellona [up-->]Boloria napaea [up-->]Boloria euphrosyne [up-->]Boloria natazhati [up-->]Boloria selene [up-->]Boloria alberta [up-->]Boloria kriemhild [up-->]Boloria chariclea [up-->]Boloria frigga [up-->]Boloria freija [up-->]Boloria astarte [up-->]Boloria polaris [up-->]Boloria (Proclossiana) eunomia Phylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertain[down<--]Argynnini Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: Argynnini

Introduction

A holarctic genus. Many species are boreal or montane, with disjunct distributions on isolated mountain ranges. The phylogenetic hypothesis shown is based the combined analysis of DNA sequences and morphology illustrated in Fig. 5 of Simonsen et al. (2010). NB: this is a Bayesian tree.

Characteristics

Putative autapomorphies for Boloria include (Simonsen 2005, 2006):

Putative synapomorphies for the subgenus Boloria and B. (Proclossiana) eunomia include (Simonsen 2005):

Putative autapomorphies for the subgenus Boloria include (Simonsen 2005, 2006):

Putative autapomorphies for subgenus Clossiana include (Simonsen 2005, 2006):

Other Names for Boloria Moore 1900

References

Pelham, J.P. 2008. A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 40: xiii + 1-658.

Simonsen, T. J. 2005. Boloria phylogeny (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): tentatively reconstructed on the basis of male and female genitalic morphology. Systematic Entomology 30:653-665.

Simonsen, T. J. 2006. Fritillary phylogeny, classification and larval hostplants: reconstructed mainly on the basis of male and female genitalic morphology (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Argynnini). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89: 627-673.

Simonsen, T. J., N. Wahlberg, A. V. Z. Brower, and R. de Jong. 2006. Morphology, molecules and Fritillaries: approaching a stable phylogeny for Argynnini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 37: 405-418.

Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Warren, A.D.,Sperling, F.A.H. 2010. The evolutionary history of Boloria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): phylogeny, zoogeography and larval-foodplant relationships. Systematics and Biodiversity 8: 513-529.

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Scientific Name Boloria euphrosyne
Location Gait Barrows NNR Lancashire, UK
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Pearl-bordered Fritillary Bolaria euphrosyne
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2007 Graham
Scientific Name Boloria selene
Location Switzerland
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Le Petit collier argenté-Clossiana selene
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2008 Luciano Giussani
Scientific Name Boloria napaea
Location NW Russia
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Identified By Niklas Wahlberg
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Niklas Wahlberg
About This Page

Thomas Simonsen
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Niklas Wahlberg
University of Turku, Finland


Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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Simonsen, Thomas, Niklas Wahlberg, and Andrew V. Z. Brower. 2011. Boloria Moore 1900. Clossiana Reuss 1920 currently viewed as a subgenus of Boloria, Proclossiana Reuss 1926 currently viewed as a subgenus of Boloria. Version 20 March 2011 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Boloria/70413/2011.03.20 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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