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LepTree.net is an international, community collaboration dedicated to advancing progress toward a phylogenetic tree for all Lepidoptera. Our interactive web tools allow all lepidopterists to exchange information and coordinate their research efforts with each other. Three specific projects are designed to increase knowledge of lepidopteran phylogeny.
LepTree is based in North America and supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Assembling the Tree of Life program (read/download the full proposal). LepTree is closely coordinated with the related LepSys initiative, and the Systematics of Ditrysian Lepidoptera project (see Project Directory entry by L. Kaila), both based in Europe.
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Most recent news
- Preliminary Leptree source distribution now available
- LepTree shares taxon information with EOL - May 2010
- "Arthropod Phylogeny Revealed" by Leptree's Jerry Regier & colleagues - February 2010
- Leptree's Michael Cummings recognized for GPU phylogenetic computing - February 2010
- New authorship citation on LepTree taxon pages - December 2009
Spotlight on Recent Literature
Learn about Radiation patterns in moths and butterflies — Mutanen, Wahlberg and Kaila 2010
Figure 1 from Mutanen, Wahlberg and Kaila 2010. Overview of the 350-taxon RAxML maximum likelihood analysis. The tree was rooted on Micropteryx, a taxon likely to be a sister group to all other Lepidoptera. Non-ditrysian clades are all shown in black. Major ditrysian branches are colored and their content indicated at the superfamily level. Putative ditrysian clades are shown by arrows in the middle of the circle. A solid line indicates complete inclusion and a dashed line partial inclusion in the named clade.
