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

作者：Andrew V. Z. Brower提议研究主要生活在南美洲安第斯云雾林中的一种不太为人所知的斑蝶的系统发育关系。该研究将建立Satyrinae之间关系的系统发育框架，并基于分子数据对proophilina进行更详细的研究，以及最先进的专著和系统发育分析，基于网络的密钥，目录和南温带属鉴定指南。这项研究解决了南部大陆的历史和生物地理学的基本问题。与全球蝴蝶系统学家一起，布罗尔博士的研究正在为构成世界生物群的重要部分的主要生物群体发展一个全面的系统发育假说。增强对蝴蝶多样性模式的理解，对于广大科学家和非科学家来说，本质上是有价值的，因为它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。提高我们对南美洲安第斯山脉生物地理格局的了解，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.