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Diary on the making of databases able to handle biological data on Nymphalidae butterflies

Carlos Pena
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  • July 31, 2012
  • 08:48 AM
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Morphology of immature stages of the butterfly genus Junea and its implications

by Carlos Pena in NSG's databases blog

Fredy Montero was very kind to send me his recent publication (with Maira Ortiz) describing morphological characters of eggs, larvae and pupae of the satyrine butterfly genus Junea.

They raised the specimens on the hostplant Chusquea in Colombia. What I found most interesting is the morphology of the last instars of the larva. They have very long "horns" and long bifid "tails".... Read more »

Carlos Peña, Niklas Wahlberg, Elisabet Weingartner, Ullasa Kodandaramaiah, Sören Nylin, André V.L. Freitas, Andrew V.Z. Brower. (2006) Higher level phylogeny of Satyrinae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40(1), 29-49. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.007  

  • July 10, 2012
  • 10:00 AM
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Voseq, web database for molecular phylogenetics

by Carlos Peña in NSG's databases blog

VoSeq is a voucher and DNA sequence web application database aimed for people working in molecular phylogenetics.... Read more »

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