Chromosomal and mitochondrial diversity in Melitaea didyma complex (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae): eleven deeply diverged DNA barcode groups in one non-monophyletic species? [PDF]
Comparative Cytogenetics, 2016 It is generally accepted that cases of species’ polyphyly in COI trees arising as a result of deep intraspecific divergence are negligible, and the detected cases reflect misidentifications or/and methodological errors.
Elena A. Pazhenkova +1 more
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DNA barcoding reveals twelve lineages with properties of phylogenetic and biological species within Melitaea didyma sensu lato (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). [PDF]
Zookeys, 2015 The complex of butterfly taxa close to Melitaea didyma includes the traditionally recognized species Melitaea didyma, Melitaea didymoides and Melitaea sutschana, the taxa that were recognized as species only relatively recently (Melitaea latonigena, Melitaea interrupta, Melitaea chitralensis and Melitaea mixta) as well as numerous described subspecies ...
Pazhenkova EA +2 more
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A new species of Melitaea from Israel, with notes on taxonomy, cytogenetics, phylogeography and interspecific hybridization in the Melitaea persea complex (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) [PDF]
Comparative Cytogenetics, 2017 Specimens with intermediate morphology are often considered to be the result of ongoing interspecific hybridization; however, this conclusion is difficult to prove without analysis of chromosomal and/or molecular markers. In the butterfly genus Melitaea,
Vladimir A. Lukhtanov
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Experimental and evolutionary evidence for horizontal transfer of an envelope fusion protein gene between thogotoviruses and baculoviruses [PDF]
Journal of VirologyBaculoviruses are insect-specific viruses with large, double-stranded DNA genomes classified into four genera. Alphabaculoviruses, which infect lepidoptera, are further divided into group I (G1-α) and group II (G2-α). The GP64 protein, essential for cell
Bruno Milhomem Pilati Rodrigues +5 more
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Butterfly phenology in Mediterranean mountains using space-for-time substitution. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2020 Substituting space for time showed novel insights on how butterfly community and individual species respond to a changing environment along an altitudinal gradient in two mountainous areas, in the Mediterranean basin. A general delay in the time of appearance and a progressive shortening in the duration of the flight period with increased altitude was ...
Zografou K +5 more
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BIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON SOME HERBIVOROUS INSECTS
Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences, 2017 Some biological characteristics of the herbivorous Archips rosana (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Melitaea didyma (Esper) (Lep.: Nymphalidae), Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus) (Lep.: Nymphalidae), Allophyes oxyacanthae (Linnaeus) (Lep.: Noctuidae ...
Seda Emel Tek, Zühal Okyar
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Амурский зоологический журнал, 2016 В настоящем сообщении на основании изучения морфологических и молекулярных признаков пересматривается статус ряда таксонов Melitaea. Таксон enarea Fruhstorfer, 1916 признан подвидом M. mixta Evans, 1912.
S.K. Korb
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, 2023 Melitaea didyma (Esper, [1779]) ssp. Specimens: 1\NNE Parnaya, 2♂, 2♀; 2\NE Kopyovo, 3♂, 2♀; 3\NNE Kopyovo, 1♀; 7\ Sonskiy, 1♂, 1♀; 8\Uybat, 1♂. Visual observations: 6\SE Efremkino, 1♂. Observations: Common in steppes of any kind, seems to prefer stony places.
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, 2015 Melitaea didyma (Esper, [1778]) P. [apilio] didyma Esper, [1778]: 1 (1), pl. 41, fig. 3, text [1779], 365. FIRST RECORD FOR THE VALDIERI AREA. — MRSN 1964 (Valdieri, 1000 m). CHOROTYPE. — Centralasiatic-Euro-Mediterranean. ECOLOGY. — Open herbaceous, lowland-lower montane, thermophilous, mesophilous. EDIT PROJECT SAMPLING.
Bonelli, Simona +4 more
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