EumaeiniAndrew V. Z. Brower
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Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
Sections of Eumaeini are based on the classification of Robbins (2004). Many of the species, particularly the neotropical ones, were originally described in the catch-all genus Thecla, which is now restricted to a genus of just two Palearctic species in a separate tribe.
Bridges, C. A. 1988 Catalogue of family-group and genus-group names (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Urbana, IL: Charles A. Bridges.
Eliot, J. N. 1973 The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28, 371-505, 6 pls.
Robbins, R. K. 2004. 2004e. Lycaenidae. Theclinae. Tribe Eumaeini, pp. 118-137. In: Lamas, G. (Ed.), Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In: Heppner, J. B. (Ed.), Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Volume 5A. Gainesville, Association for Tropical Lepidoptera; Scientific Publishers.
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- First online 24 March 2008
- Content changed 19 May 2013
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Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2013. Eumaeini http://tolweb.org/Eumaeini/111502/2013.05.19 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/. Version 19 May 2013 (under construction).