Red & black or black & white? Phylogeny of the Araschnia butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and evolution of seasonal polyphenism

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-278

  Fric, Z ^a   Konvicka, M ^a   Zrzavy, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Butterfly wing pattern; Cladistics; Dispersal; Palacarctic region; Polyphenism; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BUTTERFLY; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORELIMB; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

ANIMALIA; ARASCHNIA; DORIS; LEPIDOPTERA; MYNES; NYMPHALIDAE; NYMPHALINI; PAPILIONOIDEA; SYMBRENTHIA;

EID: 1542288922     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2003.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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