TY - JOUR T1 - Phylogeny of the Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera). AU - Freitas,André Victor Lucci, AU - Brown,Keith S,Jr PY - 2004/10/27/pubmed PY - 2004/12/22/medline PY - 2004/10/27/entrez SP - 363 EP - 83 JF - Systematic biology JO - Syst Biol VL - 53 IS - 3 N2 - A generic-level phylogeny for the butterfly family Nymphalidae was produced by cladistic analysis of 234 characters from all life stages. The 95 species in the matrix (selected from the 213 studied) represent all important recognized lineages within this family. The analysis showed the taxa grouping into six main lineages. The basal branch is the Libytheinae, with the Danainae and Ithomiinae on the next branch. The remaining lineages are grouped into two main branches: the Heliconiinae-Nymphalinae, primarily flower-visitors (but including the fruit-attracted Coeini); and the Limenitidinae (sensu strictu), Biblidinae, and the satyroid lineage (Apaturinae, Charaxinae, Biinae, Calinaginae, Morphinae, Brassolinae, and Satyrinae), primarily fruit-attracted. Data partitions showed that the two data sets (immatures and adults) are very different, and a partitioned Bremer support analysis showed that the adult characters are the main source of conflict in the nodes of the combined analysis tree. This phylogeny includes the widest taxon coverage of any morphological study on Nymphalid butterflies to date, and supports the monophyly and relationships of most presently recognized subgroups, providing strong evidence for the presently accepted phylogenetic scheme. SN - 1063-5157 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/15503668/Phylogeny_of_the_Nymphalidae__Lepidoptera__ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -