ARTS: Phylogeny and systematic revision of the diverse and cryptic Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

在中南美洲，从热带雨林到塞拉多，有400多种蝴蝶亚族。自然历史博物馆收藏的成千上万的正宗中国标本为许多领域的研究提供了未开发的数据，但几乎一半的标本难以自信地识别。至少20%的物种没有学名，65%的属是无效的。该项目有5个主要目标：(1)结合形态学和DNA数据，为亚部落提供一个全面的进化假设，并定义属；(2)修订了9属159种（35种待定名）的分类，并在其他真柏属中增加了21+种的定名；(3)在佛罗里达大学和巴西坎皮纳斯大学培训蝴蝶研究人员；(4)检验有关中国大陆演化的假说；(5)及发展网上电子资源，以方便日后的研究。该项目将为欧亚大陆物种多样性提供可靠的分类和了解，并利用这些信息开始研究这些生物如何多样化以及控制它们当前分布的因素，帮助预测土地利用和气候变化如何影响它们的多样性。该项目将培养1名博士后研究员，3名研究生和其他大学生和高中生，并特别努力包括少数民族。博物馆的收藏将得到加强，一个由美国国家科学基金会资助的基于网络的信息平台将用于存储和快速共享分类数据，供该团队和未来的蝴蝶研究人员使用。该项目网站将提供生物数据、图像和出版物，数据也将提供给在线生物多样性倡议，如GBIF、EoL和iDigBio，这些数据将免费获取。最后，该项目将作为佛罗里达自然历史博物馆“生命图书馆”展览的一部分，在一年的时间里向20多万游客展出，突出了博物馆当前的研究。

The diverse butterfly subtribe Euptychiina contains more than 400 species in Central and South American habitats ranging from rainforest to cerrado. Hundreds of thousands of euptychiine specimens in natural history museum collections hold untapped data for studies in many fields, but almost half of all specimens are difficult to confidently identify. At least 20% of species have no scientific name and 65% of genera are invalid. This project has 5 main goals: (1) to combine morphological and DNA data to produce a comprehensive evolutionary hypothesis for the subtribe and define genera; (2) to revise the classification for 9 genera containing 159 species (35 to be named), and to name an additional 21+ species in other Euptychiina genera; (3) to train butterfly researchers at the University of Florida and at the University of Campinas, Brazil; (4) to test hypotheses about Euptychiina evolution; (5) and to develop collection and web-based electronic resources to facilitate future research.The project will provide a reliable classification and understanding of species diversity in Euptychiina and use these to begin to investigate how these organisms diversified and what factors control their current distribution, helping to predict how changing land use and climate are likely to impact their diversity.The project will train 1 post-doctoral researcher, 3 graduate students and other university and high-school students, with special efforts to include minorities. Museum collections will be enhanced and an NSF-funded, web-based informatics platform for storage and rapid sharing of taxonomic data will be adapted for use by the team and for future butterfly researchers. The project website will provide biological data, images and publications, and data will also be available to online biodiversity initiatives such as GBIF, EoL and iDigBio where they will be freely accessible. Finally, the project will be featured for one year and to more than 200,000 visitors as a component of the Florida Museum of Natural History's "Library of Life" exhibit, highlighting current research at the museum.