A phylogenetic reappraisal of the birdwing genus ornithoptera (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Troidini) and a new theory of its evolution in relation to gondwanan vicariance biogeography

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1707-1736

  Parsons, M J ^a  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androconia; Aristolochiaceae; Atrophaneura; Australia; Continental drift; Foodplant; Gondwanaland; New guinea; Trogonoptera; Troides

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; GONDWANA; GONDWANA VICARIANCE; LEPIDOPTERA; ORNITHOPTERA; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY;

LEPIDOPTERA; ORNITHOPTERA; PAPILIONIDAE;

EID: 0030301712     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939600771001     Document Type: Article

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