Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea): Higher classification and biogeography

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-275

  Braby, Michael F ^a,b,c   Vila, Roger ^a   Pierce, Naomi E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coliadinae; Cretaceous; Dismorphiinae; Dispersal; Gondwana; Pierinae; Pseudopontiinae; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

BELENOIS; COLIADINAE; DISMORPHIINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERINAE; PIERINI;

EID: 33744751132     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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