Salamis (butterfly)

Last updated

Salamis
SeitzFaunaAfricanaXIIITaf50, Salamis anteva & cacta.jpg
Salamis anteva & Salamis cacta
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Junoniini
Genus: Salamis
Boisduval, 1833
Species

See text

Salamis is a genus of nymphalid butterflies. They are commonly known as mother-of-pearls and are found in Africa. Salamis was a nymph in Greek mythology, the daughter of the river god Asopus and Metope, daughter of the Ladon, another river god.

Contents

Taxonomy

The earliest description of species in this genus were published in the second half of the 18th century by Linnaeus, Drury and Fabricius in the genus Papilio . In 1833, Boisduval created the genus Salamis with the description of S. augustina . The three previously described species of Papilio ( P. anacardii , P. parhassus and P. cacta ) were then added to the genus Salamis. Similarly, multiple species first described in the 19th century in the related genus of Junonia were later reassigned to this genus.

Recent phylogenetic studies have supported the proposal to consider the group of Protogoniomorpha , which was often considered to be a part of Salamis, as a distinct genus. [1]

Species

Alphabetical order: [2]

See also the species of Protogoniomorpha previously ordered in Salamis

Related Research Articles

<i>Papilio</i> Genus of butterflies

Papilio is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word papilio is Latin for butterfly.

<i>Catagramma</i> Genus of butterflies

"Catagramma" is a genus of Neotropical butterflies; the name has a problematic history of differing usage, which especially continues to be used in a broader sense than any modern technical definitions e.g. among butterfly collectors as a form taxon. In that latter broad sense, the various "Catagramma" are popularly known as 88s in reference to patterning on the hindwing undersides which can resemble the number 88. They are medium-sized forest dwellers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Junoniini</span> Tribe of butterflies

Junoniini is a tribe of nymphalid (brush-footed) butterflies.

<i>Protogoniomorpha anacardii</i> Species of butterfly

Protogoniomorpha anacardii, the clouded mother-of-pearl, is a species of Nymphalidae butterfly found in tropical Africa, and in Arabia

<i>Protogoniomorpha parhassus</i> Species of butterfly

Protogoniomorpha parhassus, the forest mother-of-pearl or common mother-of-pearl, is a species of Nymphalidae butterfly found in forested areas of Africa.

<i>Protogoniomorpha</i> Genus of butterflies

Protogoniomorpha is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in the Afrotropical realm, commonly known as mother-of-pearls.

<i>Protogoniomorpha cytora</i> Species of butterfly

Protogoniomorpha cytora, the western blue beauty, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, and Benin. The habitat consists of open spaces in primary forests and mature secondary forests.

<i>Druryia</i> Subgenus of insects

Druryia is a subgenus within the genus Papilio containing 36 species:

References

  1. Wahlberg, Niklas; Brower, Andrew V. Z.; Nylin, Sören (October 2005). "Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of tribes and genera in the subfamily Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 86 (2): 227ff. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00531.x.
  2. "Salamis Boisduval, 1833" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms