Pseudergolinae

Niklas Wahlberg

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The subfamily Pseudergolinae was long placed within the Limenitidinae. Molecular work has shown that the subfamily Pseudergolinae is an independent lineage more related to Nymphalinae/Apaturinae/Biblidinae/Cyrestinae than to Limenitidinae (see Wahlberg et al. 2003 and 2009). The subfamily comprises 9 species placed in 4 genera (according to the latest version of the Classification of Nymphalidae). The phylogenetic relationships of species in this subfamily appear to be clear, with Pseudergolis+Amnosia and Dichorragia+Stibochiona being sister genera.

Checklist of species in Pseudergolinae

Pseudergolis
wedah
avesta

Amnosia
decora

Dichorragia
nesimachus
nesseus
ninus

Stibochiona
coresia
nicea
schoenbergi

Illustrated list of species of Pseudergolinae

Key publications for Pseudergolinae systematics:

1. Wahlberg, N., Leneveu, J., Kodandaramaiah, U., Peña, C., Nylin, S., Freitas, A. V. L. & Brower, A. V. Z. 2009: Nymphalid butterflies diversify following near demise at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B Biological Sciences 276: 4295-4302. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1303
2. Wahlberg, N., Weingartner, E. & Nylin, S. 2003: Towards a better understanding of the higher systematics of Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28:473-484. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00052-6