Phylogenetics and divergence times of Papilioninae (Lepidoptera) with special reference to the enigmatic genera Teinopalpus and Meandrusa

Cladistics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-137

  Simonsen, Thomas J ^a,e   Zakharov, Evgeny V ^b   Djernaes, Marie ^a   Cotton, Adam M ^c   Vane Wright, R I ^d,e   Sperling, Felix A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c University of Kent ^*  (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BUTTERFLY; CLADISTICS; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GONDWANA; HOST PLANT; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; TAXONOMY; VICARIANCE;

ARISTOLOCHIA TOMENTOSA; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; BARONIINAE; BATTUS; LEPIDOPTERA; MEANDRUSA; PAPILIONIDAE; PAPILIONINAE; PAPILIONINI; PARNASSIINAE; PHARMACOPHAGUS; TEINOPALPINI; TEINOPALPUS; TROIDINI;

EID: 79952422754     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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