Sephisa

Sephisa
Sephisa dichroa
Scientific 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.

External links

• "Sephisa Moore, 1882" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms