The vertical distribution of pronophiline butterflies (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) along an elevational transect in Monte Zerpa (Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela) with remarks on their diversity and parapatric distribution

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-221

  Pyrcz, Tomasz W ^a   Wojtusiak, Janusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Andes; Biodiversity; Cloud forest; Cordillera de merida; Elevational distribution; Elevational transect; Overlapping ranges; Parapatry; Pronophiline butterflies; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ELEVATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CLOUD FOREST; HOME RANGE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TRANSECT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

VENEZUELA; ALBARREGAS RIVER; CORDILLERA DE MERIDA; MERIDA [VENEZUELA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHAMA; CORADES; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANOPODA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PEDALIODES; PRONOPHILINA; SATYRINAE; STEROMA;

EID: 0036258815     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2002.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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