Amathusiini
Niklas Wahlberg and Andrew V. Z. Brower
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An Indo-Australasian clade of large forest floor-dwelling butterflies. Amathusiini were formerly considered a tribe of "Morphinae," but they are no more closely-related to the neotropical morphines than either is to various other groups of Satyrinae.Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
Corbet et al. (1992) state that Faunis, Melanocyma and Taenaris "form a natural group probably worthy of subtribal rank ... ." This hypothesis is supported by preliminary molecular results (Peña et al. 2006, Wahlberg & Brower unpubl.). Hyantis and Morphopsis, two New Guinean genera traditionally included in Amathusiini, appear to be associated instead with Elymniiini. Note that Xanthataenia is not an amathusiine. This was pointed out by Corbet et al. (1992) on the basis of larval morphology, and has been corroborated by molecular evidence (Wahlberg & Brower, unpubl.).
References
Corbet AS, Pendlebury HM, and Eliot JN. 1992. The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
Parsons M. 1999. The butterflies of Papua New Guinea: their systematics and biology. Academic Press, San Diego.
Pena C, Wahlberg N, Weingartner E, Kodandaramaiah U, Nylin S, Freitas AVL, and Brower AVZ. 2006. Higher level phylogeny of Satyrinae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on DNA sequence data. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 40: 29-49.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Faunis eumeus |
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| Location | So Uk, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
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| Copyright | © 2007 Charles Lam |
| Scientific Name | Stichophthalma howqua |
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| Location | Taiwan |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | 箭環蝶（環紋蝶）Stichophthalma howqua formosana Fruhstorfer |
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| Copyright | © 2008 ashung |
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Niklas Wahlberg
University of Turku, Finland
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
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- First online 25 September 2006
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