EuptychiinaAndrew V. Z. Brower
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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.
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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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