Molecular Systematics and Biogeography of South American Pronophiline Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)

由Andrew V.Z.Brower Brower提交的《南美嗜粉蝶的分子系统学和生物地理学》(鳞翅目：睡蝶科：蜜蝶亚科)，建议研究一组鲜为人知的主要生活在南美洲安第斯云雾森林中的蜜蝶的系统发育关系。这项研究将建立一个关于沙地亚科之间关系的系统发育框架，并以分子数据为基础更详细地研究前嗜热菌，以及最新的专著和系统发育分析、基于网络的检索表、南温带属的目录和识别指南。这项研究解决了南部大陆生命的历史和生物地理的基本问题。布劳尔博士的研究与全球蝴蝶系统学家社区一起，正在为构成世界生物区系重要组成部分的一大类生物制定一个全面的系统发育假说。对于广大科学家和非科学家来说，加强对蝴蝶多样性模式的理解是有内在价值的，因为它们是广泛研究中的模式生物，也是激发公众对科学和自然欣赏的灵感来源。增进我们对南美洲安第斯山脉生物地理模式的了解，将为确定最需要保护的地区的优先次序提供工具。该项目还与发展中国家的合作者分享专业知识和技术，并通过网络与全世界分享。

Molecular systematics and biogeography of South American pronophiline butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), submitted by Andrew V. Z. Brower Brower proposes to study the phylogenetic relationships of a poorly-known group of satyrine butterflies that live mainly in the Andean cloud forests of South America. The research will build a phylogenetic framework for relationships among Satyrinae, and more detailed study of Pronophilina, based on molecular data, as well as a state-of-the-art monograph and phylogenetic analysis, web-based keys, catalogs and identification guides for south-temperate genera. The study addresses fundamental questions of the history and biogeography of life in the southern continents. Together with the global community of butterfly systematists, Dr. Brower's research is developing a comprehensive phylogenetic hypothesis for a major group of organisms that compose a valued portion of the world's biota. Achieving an enhanced understanding of patterns of butterfly diversity is intrinsically worthwhile to a large audience of scientists and non-scientists, as model organisms in a broad range of research and as sources of inspiration that engage the public's appreciation of science and nature. Improving our understanding of biogeographical patterns in Andean South America will provide tools for prioritizing areas that may be in greatest need of conservation. This project also shares expertise and technology with collaborators in developing countries, and, via the web, with the entire world.