Reconstructing a 55-million-year-old butterfly (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)

Title:

Reconstructing a 55-million-year-old butterfly (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)

Creator:

De Jong, Rienk

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:84095ce4-981d-4c8a-9b30-7248160e74d7
uuid:84095ce4-981d-4c8a-9b30-7248160e74d7
issn:1210-5759
doi:10.14411/eje.2016.055

Subject:

Zoologie, evoluce (biologie), biogeografie, evolution (biology), biogeography, Fossil, oldest butterfly, Hesperiidae, Protocoeliades kristenseni, new genus, new species,, divergence time, 2, and 59

Type:

article, články, journal articles, model:article, and TEXT

Format:

print, počítač, and online zdroj

Description:

The oldest butterfly fossil known, which was formed about 55 Ma in what is now Denmark, is described. The fragments of its forewing venation indicates it belongs to the Hesperiidae. Further reconstruction indicates that it fits in the Coeliadinae and is close to the extant genera Hasora and Burara. It is here described as Protocoeliades kristenseni gen. et sp. n. It is the first butterfly fossil found on a continent (Europe) where its closest relatives do not currently occur. Its position on the phylogenetic tree of the Coeliadinae and its importance in understanding the time dimension in the evolution of butterflies, and their ecological and biogeographic implications are discussed., Rienk De Jong., and Obsahuje bibliografii

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2016 Volume:113

Harvested from:

CDK

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