Sephisa

Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Sephisa
Sephisa dichroa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Apaturinae
Genus: Sephisa
Moore, 1882

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]

Species

  • Sephisa dichroa (Kollar, [1844]) – western courtier
  • Sephisa princeps (Fixsen, 1887)[2]
  • Sephisa chandra (Moore, [1858]) – eastern courtier
  • Sephisa daimio Matsumura, 1910

References

  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. Bibcode:2010MolPE..57.1026O. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.09.018.
  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.
  • "Sephisa Moore, 1882" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Taxon identifiers
Sephisa


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