Biogeographic history of the butterfly subtribe euptychiina (lepidoptera, nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-258

  Peña, Carlos ^a,b   Nylin, Sören ^a   Freitas, André V L ^c   Wahlberg, Niklas ^a,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUPTYCHIINA; LEPIDOPTERA; MEGISTO; NYMPHALIDAE; OPALINA; SATYRINAE;

EID: 77953177148     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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