Diversification of clearwing butterflies with the rise of the Andes

Publication information:

Silva, D. L., Elias, M., Willmott, K., Mallet, J., & Day, J. J. (2016). Diversification of clearwing butterflies with the rise of the Andes. Journal of Biogeography, 43, 44-58.

Abstract

Despite the greatest butterfly diversity on Earth occurring in the Neotropical Andes and Amazonia, there is still keen debate about the origins of this exceptional biota. A densely sampled calibrated phylogeny for a widespread butterfly subtribe, Oleriina (Ithomiini: Nymphalidae) was used to estimate the origin, colonization history and diversification of this species-rich group.


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