Salamis is a genus of nymphalidbutterflies. They are commonly known as mother-of-pearls and are found in Africa. Salamis was a nymph in Greek mythology, the daughter of the river god Asopus and Metope, daughter of the Ladon, another river god.
The earliest description of species in this genus were published in the second half of the 18th century by Linnaeus, Drury and Fabricius in the genus Papilio. In 1833, Boisduval created the genus Salamis with the description of S. augustina. The three previously described species of Papilio (P. anacardii, P. parhassus and P. cacta) were then added to the genus Salamis. Similarly, multiple species first described in the 19th century in the related genus of Junonia were later reassigned to this genus.
Recent phylogenetic studies have supported the proposal to consider the group of Protogoniomorpha, which was often considered to be a part of Salamis, as a distinct genus.[1]
See also the species of Protogoniomorpha previously ordered in Salamis
References
^Wahlberg, Niklas; Brower, Andrew V. Z.; Nylin, Sören (October 2005). "Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of tribes and genera in the subfamily Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 86 (2): 227ff. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00531.x.
^"Salamis Boisduval, 1833" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
January 06, 2023
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