Systematics and historical biogeography of the old world butterfly subtribe Mycalesina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)

: Kwaku Aduse-Poku, Oskar Brattström, Ullasa Kodandaramaiah, David C. Lees, Paul M. Brakefield, Niklas Wahlberg3

Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD

: 2015

: BMC Evolutionary Biology

: BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

: BMC EVOL BIOL

: 167

: 15

: 14

: 1471-2148

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0449-3(external)

Conclusion: Our proposed time-calibrated phylogeny now provides a solid framework within which we can implement mechanistic studies aimed at unravelling the ecological and evolutionary processes that culminated in the spectacular radiation of mycalesines in the Old World tropics.