The radiation of Satyrini butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): A challenge for phylogenetic methods

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-87

  Peña, Carlos ^a,b   Nylin, Sören ^a   Wahlberg, Niklas ^a,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Biogeography; Diversity; Grasses; Habitat shift; Host plants; Likelihood; Parsimony

Indexed keywords

MYA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; POACEAE; SATYRINAE; SATYRINI;

EID: 78651417392     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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