Araschnia
Niklas Wahlberg and Andrew V. Z. Brower
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A small palearctic genus with seasonal polyphenism in adults so dramatic that the spring and summer forms of A. levana were viewed by early post-Linnean taxonomists as belonging in different families!
References
Fric Z, Konvicka M, and Zrzavy J. 2004. Red & black or black & white? Phylogeny of the Araschnia butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and evolution of seasonal polyphenism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17: 265-278.
Koch PB. 1992. Seasonal poyphenism in butterflies: a hormonally controlled phenomenon of pattern formation. Zoologische Jahrbucher Abteilung für Allegmeine Zoologie und Physiologie der Tier 96: 227-240.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Araschnia burejana |
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| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Araschnia burejana |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2006 ankledeep |
| Scientific Name | Araschnia levana |
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| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Map butterfly |
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| Copyright | © 2007 Thierry Marysael |
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Niklas Wahlberg
University of Turku, Finland
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
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