Euptychiina
| Euptychiina | |
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| Arizona Pine Satyr (Paramacera allyni) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini |
| Subtribe: | Euptychiina L.Miller, 1968 |
| Genera | |
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About 44, see text | |
Euptychiina is one of the largest subtribes of the butterfly subfamily Satyrinae (family Nymphalidae). The only two comprehensive studies that include Euptychiina are the works of L. D. Miller and W. Forster,[1] though the latter is now largely considered obsolete.
Although the classification of brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae) is currently under heavy revision, the Euptychiina is still little-studied by taxonomists. In fact, the group is so difficult to classify that D'Abrera placed almost all Euptychiina in a so-called wastebasket genus that he called "Euptychia" in his popular guide to Neotropical butterflies.[2]
Taxonomy and evolution
A recent study proposes a hypothesis for the evolutionary relationships of Euptychiina, including estimates of time for the origin and diversification of major lineages, and also including a theory of biogeography for the group.[3] A recent study has shed some light on the taxonomy of the Taygetis clade and synonymized some genera and proposed new species combinations.[4]
Genera
Listed alphabetically.[5]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Forster (1964), Miller (1968)
- ↑ D'Abrera (1988)
- ↑ Peña, C.; Nylin, S.; Freitas, A.V.L.; Wahlberg, N. (2010). "Biogeographic history of the butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". Zoologica Scripta 39 (3): 243–258. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00421.x.
- ↑ Matos-Maraví P.F., Peña C., Willmott K.R., Freitas A.V.L., Wahlberg N. 2012. Systematics and evolutionary history of butterflies in the “Taygetis clade” (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Euptychiina): Towards a better understanding of Neotropical biogeography. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. 66:54–68. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.005
- ↑ Satyrinae, funet.fi
References
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- D'Abrera, B.L. (1988): The butterflies of the Neotropical region. Part 5. Nymphalidae (conc.), Satryidae. Hill House, Fearny Creek, Australia.
- Forster, W. (1964): Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Boliviens XIX, Lepidoptera III, Satyridae ["Contributions to the knowledge of the insect fauna of Bolivia XIX"]. Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München 8: 51-188, plates 127-135 [in German].
- Lehman, Richard (2007): Butterflies of Southern Amazonia. Neotropical Butterflies, Mission, Texas.
- Miller, L.D. (1968): The higher classification, phylogeny and zoogeography of the Satyridae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 24: 1-174.