Cyrestinae is the name of a small subfamily of nymphalid brush-footedbutterflies. It is considered to include only three genera – Marpesia, Chersonesia, and Cyrestis – distributed in the tropics.[1]
The circumscription of the Cyrestinae has seen some changes in the recent years, when the former tribes Cyrestini and Pseudergolini were suggested to form a monophyletic clade, and the name was given to the proposed new subfamily,[2] but the tribes were split again later—as two independent subfamilies—as their positions within the Nymphalidae were defined more clearly.[1] It is now considered to be the sister group to the larger subfamily Nymphalinae, and only three genera are included:
Marpesia is Neotropical and Cyrestis and Chersonesia are mainly Oriental with a few species in the Afrotropics.[3]
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^ abN. Wahlberg , J. Leneveu , U. Kodandaramaiah , C. Peña , S. Nylin , A. V. L. Freitas , and A. V. Z. Brower (2009). Nymphalid butterflies diversify following near demise at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 276: 4295–4302.
^Niklas Wahlberg , Elisabet Weingartner , and Sören Nylin (2003). Towards a better understanding of the higher systematics of Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28: 473–484.
cyrestinae, name, small, subfamily, nymphalid, brush, footed, butterflies, considered, include, only, three, genera, marpesia, chersonesia, cyrestis, distributed, tropics, cyrestis, thyodamasscientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, a. Cyrestinae is the name of a small subfamily of nymphalid brush footed butterflies It is considered to include only three genera Marpesia Chersonesia and Cyrestis distributed in the tropics 1 CyrestinaeCyrestis thyodamasScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily NymphalidaeSubfamily CyrestinaeGuenee 1865Systematics editThe circumscription of the Cyrestinae has seen some changes in the recent years when the former tribes Cyrestini and Pseudergolini were suggested to form a monophyletic clade and the name was given to the proposed new subfamily 2 but the tribes were split again later as two independent subfamilies as their positions within the Nymphalidae were defined more clearly 1 It is now considered to be the sister group to the larger subfamily Nymphalinae and only three genera are included Cyrestis Chersonesia MarpesiaMarpesia is Neotropical and Cyrestis and Chersonesia are mainly Oriental with a few species in the Afrotropics 3 References edit a b N Wahlberg J Leneveu U Kodandaramaiah C Pena S Nylin A V L Freitas and A V Z Brower 2009 Nymphalid butterflies diversify following near demise at the Cretaceous Tertiary boundary Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 276 4295 4302 Niklas Wahlberg Elisabet Weingartner and Soren Nylin 2003 Towards a better understanding of the higher systematics of Nymphalidae Lepidoptera Papilionoidea Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28 473 484 Wahlberg Niklas and Andrew V Z Brower 2012 Cyrestinae Guenee 1865 Version 6 August 2012 temporary http tolweb org Cyrestinae 69949 2012 08 06 in The Tree of Life Web Project http tolweb org External links edit nbsp Media related to Cyrestinae at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This Nymphalidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cyrestinae amp oldid 1118432896, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
