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Euptychiina Reuter 1896

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Satyrini

Introduction

With the exception of the Taiwanese Palaeonympha, Euptychiina are an exclusively New World, mainly neotropical satyrine clade. A few species and genera extend into the U. S., including Megisto, Hermeuptychia and Cyllopsis, but the vast preponderance of species occur in tropical Central and South America. Most species are monocot feeders, but a few, such as members of Euptychia, feed on unusual hosts such as the spikemoss Selaginella.

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

It is becoming increasingly apparent (e. g., Murray and Prowell 2005; Peña et al. 2010) that many euptychiine genera are para- or polyphyletic, and significant effort will need to be invested to sort out relationships among members of this clade. Some putative sister taxa are identified in the above tree based mainly on Peña et al. (2006, 2010), but even these hypotheses are in need of corroboration.

References

Forster W. 1964. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Boliviens. XIX. Einleitung Lepidoptera III. Satyridae. Veröffentlichungen der zoologischen Staatsammlung München 3: 81-160, plates 25-33.

Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

Miller LD. 1968. The higher classification, phylogeny and zoogeography of the Satyridae (Lepidoptera). Mem. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 24: 1-174.

Murray D, and Prowell DP. 2005. Molecular phylogenetics and evolutionary history of the neotropical satyrine subtribe Euptychiina (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 34: 67-80.

Peña C, Nylin S, Freitas AVL and Wahlberg N. 2010. Biogeographical history of the butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Zoologica Scripta 39: 243-258.

Peña 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.

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Scientific Name Cyllopsis gemma
Location Chattahoochee Nat'l Rec Area, Medlock Bridge, Georgia, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Gemmed Satyr - Cyllopsis gemma
Source Collection BugGuide.Net
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Copyright © 2002 Troy Bartlett
Scientific Name Megisto cymela
Location Arlington, Texas, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Butterfly away?
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 DeWaun Simmons
Scientific Name Cepheuptychia cephus
Location Manu, Peru
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Kim Garwood
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage adult
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Source Cephus Satyr
Source Collection Neotropical Butterflies
Copyright © 2004 Kim Garwood
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