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Chromosomal evolution in the South American Nymphalidae.
Hereditas. 2007 Sep; 144(4):137-48.H

Abstract

We give the chromosome numbers of about 80 species or subspecies of Biblidinae as well as of numbers of neotropical Libytheinae (one species), Cyrestinae (4) Apaturinae (7), Nymphalinae (about 40), Limenitidinae (16) and Heliconiinae (11). Libytheana has about n=32, the Biblidinae, Apaturinae and Nymphalinae have in general n=31, the Limenitidinae have n=30, the few Argynnini n=31 and the few species of Acraeni studied have also mostly n=31. The results agree with earlier data from the Afrotropical species of these taxa. We supplement these data with our earlier observations on Heliconiini, Danainae and the Neotropical Satyroid taxa. The lepidopteran modal n=29-31 represents clearly the ancestral condition among the Nymphalidae, from which taxa with various chromosome numbers have differentiated. The overall results show that Neotropical taxa have a tendency to evolve karyotype instability, which is in stark contrast to the otherwise stable chromosome numbers that characterize both Lepidoptera and Trichoptera.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Brown KS
Museu de História Natural and Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Freitas AV
No affiliation info available
Wahlberg N
No affiliation info available
Von Schoultz B
No affiliation info available
Saura AO
No affiliation info available
Saura A
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MeSH

AnimalsBiological EvolutionButterfliesChromosomesSouth America

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

17850598

Citation

Brown, Keith S., et al. "Chromosomal Evolution in the South American Nymphalidae." Hereditas, vol. 144, no. 4, 2007, pp. 137-48.
Brown KS, Freitas AV, Wahlberg N, et al. Chromosomal evolution in the South American Nymphalidae. Hereditas. 2007;144(4):137-48.
Brown, K. S., Freitas, A. V., Wahlberg, N., Von Schoultz, B., Saura, A. O., & Saura, A. (2007). Chromosomal evolution in the South American Nymphalidae. Hereditas, 144(4), 137-48.
Brown KS, et al. Chromosomal Evolution in the South American Nymphalidae. Hereditas. 2007;144(4):137-48. PubMed PMID: 17850598.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Chromosomal evolution in the South American Nymphalidae. AU - Brown,Keith S,Jr AU - Freitas,André Victor Lucci, AU - Wahlberg,Niklas, AU - Von Schoultz,Barbara, AU - Saura,Anja O, AU - Saura,Anssi, PY - 2007/9/14/pubmed PY - 2007/10/12/medline PY - 2007/9/14/entrez SP - 137 EP - 48 JF - Hereditas JO - Hereditas VL - 144 IS - 4 N2 - We give the chromosome numbers of about 80 species or subspecies of Biblidinae as well as of numbers of neotropical Libytheinae (one species), Cyrestinae (4) Apaturinae (7), Nymphalinae (about 40), Limenitidinae (16) and Heliconiinae (11). Libytheana has about n=32, the Biblidinae, Apaturinae and Nymphalinae have in general n=31, the Limenitidinae have n=30, the few Argynnini n=31 and the few species of Acraeni studied have also mostly n=31. The results agree with earlier data from the Afrotropical species of these taxa. We supplement these data with our earlier observations on Heliconiini, Danainae and the Neotropical Satyroid taxa. The lepidopteran modal n=29-31 represents clearly the ancestral condition among the Nymphalidae, from which taxa with various chromosome numbers have differentiated. The overall results show that Neotropical taxa have a tendency to evolve karyotype instability, which is in stark contrast to the otherwise stable chromosome numbers that characterize both Lepidoptera and Trichoptera. SN - 1601-5223 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/17850598/Chromosomal_evolution_in_the_South_American_Nymphalidae_ L2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2007.0018-0661.02015.x DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -