Diversity and distribution patterns of pronophilina butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) along an altitudinal transect in North-Western ecuador;Diversidad y patrones de distribución de mariposas de la subtribu pronophilina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) en un transecto altitudinal en el Nor-Oeste de ecuador

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 716-726

  Pyrcz, Tomasz W ^a   Wojtusiak, Janusz ^a   Garlacz, Rafał ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Altitudinal spread; Chusquea bamboo; Parapatric species; Speciation; Speciesrichness

Indexed keywords

CHUSQUEA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PRONOPHILINA; SATYRINAE;

EID: 76149114283     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2009000600003     Document Type: Article

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