Around the World in 26 Million Years: Diversification and Biogeography of Pantropical Grass-Yellow Eurema Butterflies (Pieridae: Coliadinae)
| Title | Around the World in 26 Million Years: Diversification and Biogeography of Pantropical Grass-Yellow Eurema Butterflies (Pieridae: Coliadinae) |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2025 |
| Authors | Leong JV, Matos-Maraví P, Núñez R, Nunes R, Liang W, Kunte K |
| Journal | Journal of Biogeography |
| Date Published | 22 February 2025 |
| Abstract | Grass-yellow butterflies (Eurema) are a group of pantropical Pieridae distributed throughout Asia, Australasia, Africa and the New World. However, little is known about their diversification, including the biogeographic mechanism(s) explaining their circumglobal distribution. We present the first densely sampled, time-calibrated phylogeny and biogeographic reconstruction of grass-yellows to confirm the monophyly of the genera, re-evaluate their taxonomy and infer the biogeographic events contributing to their worldwide distribution. |
| URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.15107 |
| DOI | 10.1111/jbi.15107 |