Convergent evolution of mimetic butterflies confounds classification
(PHYSorg.com Biology)

David Lohman, associate professor of biology at The City College of New York`s Division of Science, is co-author of a landmark paper on butterflies `An illustrated checklist of the genus Elymnias Hübner, 1818 (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae).` Lohman and his colleagues from Taiwan and Indonesia revise the taxonomy of Asian palmflies in the genus Elymnias in light of a forthcoming study on the butterflies` evolutionary history.