Cladistic analysis of the Neotropical butterfly genus Adelpha (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), with comments on the subtribal classification of Limenitidini

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-322

  Willmott, Keith R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLADISTICS; CLASSIFICATION; PHYLOGENETICS;

ADELPHA; CAPRIFOLIACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LIMENITIDINI; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0038505733     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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