That awkward age for butterflies: Insights from the age of the butterfly subfamily Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Systematic Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 703-714

  Wahlberg, Niklas ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayesian relaxed clock; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae; Tertiary; Timing divergences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; NYMPHALINAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33748418441     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150600913235     Document Type: Article

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