Phylogenetic relationships of ithomiine butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae) as implied by combined morphological and molecular data

Author(s)

Brower, Andrew V. Z. ^[1] ; Willmott, Keith R. ^[2] ; Silva-Brandao, Karina L. ^[3] ; Garzon-Orduna, Ivonne J. ^[1] ; Freitas, Andre V. L. ^{[4, 5]}

Affiliation

^[1] Middle Tennessee State Univ, Dept Biol, Evolut & Ecol Grp, Murfreesboro, TN 37130 - USA

^[2] Univ Florida, Florida Museum Nat Hist, McGuire Ctr Lepidoptera & Biodivers, Gainesville, FL 32611 - USA

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Ctr Energia Nucl Agr, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[4] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Zool, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[5] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Museu Hist Nat, Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY; v. 12, n. 2, p. 133-147, 2014.
• Web of Science Citations: 10

Abstract

Morphological and molecular data from two prior publications are combined with new data resulting in a mostly well-supported cladistic hypothesis of relationships among subtribes and genera of Ithomiini, a diverse clade of Neotropical butterflies. A revised classification for relationships among the nine tribes and 46 genera comprising the group is proposed, and Athesitina new subtribe is described for Athesis Doubleday, 1847 and Patricia Fox, 1940. Oxapampa Brabant, 2004 is synonymized with Veladyris Fox, 1945. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 11/00417-3 - System biology techniques applied to the agriculture: transcriptomes and interactomes analyses
• Grantee: Marcelo Mendes Brandao
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• FAPESP's process: 12/50260-6 - Structure and evolution of the Amazonian biota and its environment: an integrative approach
• Grantee: Lúcia Garcez Lohmann
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants