Wing pattern morphology of three closely related Melitaea (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) species reveals highly inaccurate external morphology-based species identification
Wing morphology of the three closely related species of Melitaea – M. athalia (Rottemburg, 1775), M. aurelia (Nickerl, 1850) and M. britomartis Assmann, 1847 – co-occurring in the Balkans (SE Europe) was investigated in detail through visual inspection, morphometric analysis and multivariate statist...
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| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2014-06-01
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| Series: | Nota Lepidopterologica |
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| Online Access: | http://nl.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1154 |