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The First Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Common Hedge Blue <i>Acytolepis puspa</i> (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), and Comparative Genomic Analysis Within Polyommatinae. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study firstly reports the complete mitochondrial genome of Acytolepis puspa, providing an important mitogenomic reference for the previously unrepresented genus Acytolepis. ABSTRACT The butterfly genus Acytolepis (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae) is widely distributed in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms.
Li M, Zhang D, Zhang J, Liu D, Yi X, Li R.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Polymorphic microsatellite loci in the endangered butterfly Lycaena helle (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2008
Six polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated in the endangered butterfly Lycaena helle. Five of them provided interpretable results. We detected four to 34 alleles per locus in a total of 235 samples (males and females) collected from meadows in the
Thomas Schmitt, Thorsten Assmann, Jan Christian Habel   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Divergent patterns in the mitochondrial and nuclear diversity of the specialized butterfly Plebejus argus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2011
Plebejus argus is a model species for studying the biology, population ecology and genetics of butterflies. It is patchily distributed throughout most of its European range and considered to be sedentary.
Marcin Sielezniew, Agata Kostro-Ambroziak, Robert Rutkowski   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Contrasting levels of polymorphism in cross-amplified microsatellites in two endangered xerothermophilous, obligatorily myrmecophilous, butterflies of the genus Phengaris (Maculinea) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2009
We analysed the polymorphism of cross-amplified microsatellite loci in two endangered butterflies of the genus Phengaris, which inhabit warm grasslands. Specimens of P. arion and P. 'rebeli' collected in Poland showed contrasting levels of variability in
Marcin Sielezniew, Robert Rutkowski, Agnieszka Szostak   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Microhabitat preferences of Maculinea teleius (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in a mosaic landscape

European Journal of Entomology, 2007
The Scarce Large Blue (Maculinea teleius) is an endangered butterfly throughout Europe due to its special life-cycle and habitat loss. Our aims were to describe the microhabitats available to this butterfly, to test what factors influence the presence ...
Peter Batary, Adam Korosi, László Peregovits   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

A molecular phylogeny of Polyommatus s. str. and Plebicula based on mitochondrial COI and nuclear ITS2 sequences (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2010
The phylogenetic relationships of the subgenera Polyommatus and Plebicula, within the Palaearctic butterfly genus Polyommatus, were inferred from a combined analysis of the nuclear marker ITS2 and the barcoding section of the mitochondrial gene COI ...
Martin Wiemers
exaly   +3 more sources

Host ant specificity of large blue butterflies Phengaris (Maculinea) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) inhabiting humid grasslands in East-central Europe

European Journal of Entomology, 2008
Butterflies of the genus Phengaris have a highly specialised life cycle involving an obligatory relationship with Myrmica ants. A knowledge of the host ant specificity is essential for understanding the relationship between a particular Phengaris species
Ewa B Śliwińska, Piotr Skórka, Magdalena Witek   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Ability of males of two theclini species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) to discriminate between sexes and different types of females based on the colour of their wings

European Journal of Entomology, 2015
Many territorial species of butterfly are sexually dimorphic in their wing colours, and males of such species frequently fight each other, probably attracted by the rival's wing colour.
Michio Imafuku
exaly   +3 more sources

Sexual differences in spectral sensitivity and wing colouration of 13 species of Japanese Thecline butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2013
The correlation between dorsal wing colours and spectral sensitivity of the compound eyes of 13 species of thecline butterflies, consisting of 8 sexually monomorphic and 5 dimorphic species, was investigated.
Michio Imafuku
exaly   +3 more sources

Comparative mitogenomic and evolutionary analysis of Lycaenidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera): Potential association with high-altitude adaptation [PDF]

Frontiers in Genetics, 2023
Ming-Long Yuan, Yuan Ming-Long
exaly   +2 more sources