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Item Call production by myrmecophilous riodinid and lycaenid butterfly caterpillars (Lepidoptera) : morphological, acoustical, functional, and evolutionary patterns. American Museum novitates ; no. 3025(New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1991) DeVries, Philip J., 1952-Item Phylogenetic analysis of Morpho butterflies (Nymphalidae, Morphinae) : implications for classification and natural history. American Museum novitates ; no. 3374(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History, 2002) Penz, Carla Maria, 1961-; DeVries, Philip J., 1952-The classification of butterflies in the widely recognized genus Morpho previously used subgenera that were assumed to constitute natural species groups. Cladistic analysis of 120 characters provided a well-resolved tree showing that some subgenera do not constitute monophyletic groups. This study supported some traditional taxonomic species groupings, but rejected the concept of subgenera for Morpho. Therefore, we formally redefined the genus to be consonant with the assumptions of phylogenetic classification. Predictions about Morpho life histories, the correlation of color pattern and flight behavior with vertical flight height, and the evolution of sexual dimorphism are discussed in light of our phylogeny.Item Preliminary assessment of the tribe Lemoniini (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae) based on adult morphology. American Museum novitates ; no. 3284(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History, 1999) Penz, Carla Maria, 1961-; DeVries, Philip J., 1952-"A cladistic analysis of 97 characters taken from adult morphology was used to assess the higher-level phylogeny of the butterfly tribe Lemoniini (sensu Harvey, 1987). Many of our characters are described and illustrated in detail to assist future work in riodinid systematics. To evaluate the monophyly of Lemoniini, representative species of five genera in the putative sister tribe Nymphidiini were included in the analysis. Our results indicated that the Lemoniini was not monophyletic, and that some Nymphidiini grouped within Lemoniini. As this study provided no support for maintaining Lemoniini and Nymphidiini as separate taxa, we propose the amalgamation of these two tribes. Our analysis also suggested that not all genera currently placed in Lemoniini are monophyletic"--P. [1].