The higher classification of butterflies (Lepidoptera): Problems and prospects

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-101

  De Jong, R ^a   Vane Wright, R I ^b   Ackery, P R ^b  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARONIINAE; COLIADINAE; DISMORPHIINAE; GEOMETROIDEA; HEDYLIDAE; HEDYLOIDEA; HESPERIIDAE; HESPERIOIDEA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; MACROSOMA; MILETUS; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PARNASSIINAE; PIERIDAE; PIERINAE; PORITIA; RIODININAE; URANIA; URANIIDAE;

EID: 0030123853     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187631296X00205     Document Type: Article

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