Sephisa

<i>Sephisa</i>

Sephisa

Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Sephisa is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. It is related to Apatura, Hestinalis, and Mimathyma, with a common ancestor that diverged around 30Ma.[1]

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Species

References

  1. [1]
    Ohshima, Issei; Tanikawa-Dodo, Yukiko; Saigusa, Toyohei; Nishiyama, Tomoaki; Kitani, Masakazu; Hasebe, Mitusyasu; Mohri, Hideo (December 2010). "Phylogeny, biogeography, and host–plant association in the subfamily Apaturinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) inferred from eight nuclear and seven mitochondrial genes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (3): 1026–1036. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.09.018.
  2. [2]
    Dantchenko, A.; Sourakov, A.; Emmel, T. C. (1996-09-01). "Notes on the Life History of Sephisa princeps in Eastern Russia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)". Holarctic Lepidoptera: 47–57. ISSN 1070-4140.


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