Tellervini is a
tribe
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of
danaid butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...
with only the one
genus
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''Tellervo'', with six widely distributed species found in the
Australasian realm
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and the
Indomalayan realm
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Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
(also called the ''Oriental region''). The
taxon
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is apparently
monophyletic
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, but its relationship with the other two danaid tribes is yet uncertain. The
phylogeography
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of the group is also a challenge to those who hold to a
Cenozoic
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origin of the butterflies.
Genus, species, and subspecies of Tellervini
* Source
The higher classification of Nymphalidae, at Nymphalidae.net* Note: Names preceded by an equal sign (=) are synonyms, homonyms, rejected names or invalid names.
Subfamily
Danainae
Danainae is a subfamily of the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. It includes the Daniadae, or milkweed butterflies, who lay their eggs on various milkweeds on which their larvae (caterpillars) feed, as well as the clearwing butt ...
Boisduval, 1833
Tribe Tellervini
Fruhstorfer, 1910
* ''Tellervo''
Kirby, 1894 (= ''Hamadryas''
Boisduval, 1832 (nec
Hübner, 1806))
** ''
Tellervo jurriaansei''
Joicey & Talbot, 1922
** ''
Tellervo nedusia''
(Geyer, 1832) (= original name ''Stalachtis nedusia''
Geyer, 1832; = ''Hamadryas nedusia''
(Geyer, 1832))
*** ''Tellervo nedusia nedusia''
(Geyer, 1832) (= ''Tellervo zoilus'' f. ''incisa''
Strand, 1911)
*** ''Tellervo nedusia fallax''
(Staudinger, 1885) (= original name ''Hamadryas assarica'' f. ''fallax''
Staudinger, 1885)
*** ''Tellervo nedusia coalescens''
Rothschild, 1915 (= ''Tellervo fallax exilis''
Hulstaert, 1931)
*** ''Tellervo nedusia biakensis''
Joicey & Talbot, 1916
*** ''Tellervo nedusia meforicus''
Fruhstorfer, 1911 (= ''Tellervo zoilus roonensis''
Fruhstorfer, 1911)
*** ''Tellervo nedusia mysoriensis''
(Staudinger, 1885) (= original name ''Hamadryas zoilus'' f. ''mysoriensis''
Staudinger, 1885)
*** ''Tellervo nedusia jobia''
Ackery, 1987
*** ''Tellervo nedusia wollastoni''
Rothschild, 1916 (= ''Tellervo assarica adriaansei''
Hulstaert, 1923)
*** ''Tellervo nedusia papuensis''
Ackery, 1987
*** ''Tellervo nedusia huona''
Ackery, 1987
*** ''Tellervo nedusia wangaarica''
Ackery, 1987
*** ''Tellervo nedusia talasea''
Ackery, 1987
*** ''Tellervo nedusia aruensis''
Joicey & Talbot, 1922
** ''
Tellervo hiero''
(Godman & Salvin, 1888) (= original name ''Hamadryas hiero''
Godman & Salvin, 1888)
*** ''Tellervo hiero hiero''
(Godman & Salvin, 1888) (= ''Hamadryas salomonis''
Ribbe, 1898)
*** ''Tellervo hiero evages''
(Godman & Salvin, 1888)
** ''
Tellervo parvipuncta''
Joicey & Talbot, 1922
*** ''Tellervo parvipuncta parvipuncta''
Joicey & Talbot, 1922
*** ''Tellervo parvipuncta separata''
Ackery, 1987
** ''
Tellervo zoilus''
(Fabricius, 1775) (= original name ''Papilio zoilus''
Fabricius, 1775)
*** ''Tellervo zoilus zoilus''
(Fabricius, 1775)
*** ''Tellervo zoilus niveipicta''
(Butler, 1884) (= ''Tellervo zoilus vereja''
Fruhstorfer, 1911)
*** ''Tellervo zoilus nais''
(Guérin-Méneville, 1830) (= original name ''Nymphalis nais''
Guérin-Méneville, 1830)
*** ''Tellervo zoilus distincta''
Rothschild, 1915
*** ''Tellervo zoilus digulica''
Hulstaert, 1924 (= ''Tellervo zoilus arctifascia''
Hulstaert, 1924)
*** ''Tellervo zoilus zephoris''
Fruhstorfer, 1911
*** ''Tellervo zoilus antipatrus''
Fruhstorfer, 1911 (= ''Tellervo zoilus pantaenus''
Fruhstorfer, 1916)
*** ''Tellervo zoilus sarcapus''
Fruhstorfer, 1911
*** ''Tellervo zoilus mujua''
Ackery, 1987
*** ''Tellervo zoilus misima''
Ackery, 1987
*** ''Tellervo zoilus tagula''
Ackery, 1987
*** ''Tellervo zoilus duba''
Ackery, 1987
*** ''Tellervo zoilus gelo''
Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
*** ''Tellervo zoilus aequicinctus''
(Salvin & Godman, 1877) (= original name ''Hamadryas aequicinctus''
Salvin & Godman, 1877; = ''Hamadryas aequicinctus'' var. ''variegatus''
Ribbe, 1898)
*** ''Tellervo zoilus lavonga''
Ackery, 1987
** ''
Tellervo assarica''
(Stoll, 1781) (= original name ''Papilio assarica''
Stoll, 1781; = ''Aeria assarica''
(Stoll, 1781); = ''Heliconia assarica''
(Stoll, 1781); = ''Hamadryas assarica''
(Stoll, 1781))
*** ''Tellervo assarica assarica''
(Stoll, 1781)
*** ''Tellervo assarica boeroeensis''
Jurriaanse & Volbeda, 1922
*** ''Tellervo assarica seramica''
Ackery, 1987
*** ''Tellervo assarica mysolensis''
Joicey & Talbot, 1922
*** ''Tellervo assarica gebiensis''
Ackery, 1987
*** ''Tellervo assarica macrofallax''
Strand, 1911 (= ''Tellervo assarica waigeuensis''
Joicey & Talbot, 1922)
*** ''Tellervo assarica salawatica''
Ackery, 1987
*** ''Tellervo assarica mioswara''
Ackery, 1987
*** ''Tellervo assarica jobinus''
Fruhstorfer, 1911 (= ''Tellervo zoilus mysoriensis'' f. ''kordonis''
Strand, 1911)
*** ''Tellervo assarica limetanus''
Fruhstorfer, 1911 (= ''Tellervo zoilus sedunia''
Strand, 1911)
*** ''Tellervo assarica strandi''
Ackery, 1987
*** ''Tellervo assarica talboti''
Ackery, 1987
*** ''Tellervo assarica hiempsal''
Fruhstorfer, 1910
References
* Ackery, P. R. 1987. The danaid genus ''Tellervo'' (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) - a cladistic approach. ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 89: 203-247.
External links
Tellervini on Tree of Life website
External links
''Tellervo''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Monotypic Lepidoptera taxa
Monotypic insect tribes
Butterfly tribes
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