Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the subtribe Aporiina (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): Implications for the origin of Australian butterflies

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-440

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

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Australian origins; Cretaceous; Gondwana; Greater India; Laurasia; Long distance dispersal; Madagascar; Tertiary; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CRETACEOUS; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; DISPERSAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GONDWANA; HABITAT CORRIDOR; LAURENTIA; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RECONSTRUCTION; TERTIARY; VICARIANCE; ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

APORIA; CEPORA; DELIAS; HESPERIOIDEA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYA; MYLOTHRIS; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PRIONERIS;

EID: 33847211805     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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