Molecular phylogeny of the Palaearctic butterfly genus Pseudophilotes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with focus on the Sardinian endemic P. barbagiae

Molecular phylogeny of the Palaearctic butterfly genus Pseudophilotes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with focus on the Sardinian endemic P. barbagiae

Abstract Background The Palaearctic butterfly genus Pseudophilotes Beuret, 1958 (Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae), that today occurs in North Africa and in Eurasia, includes ten described species with various distribution ranges, including endemics such as the Sardinian P. barbagiae. Phylogenetic relation...

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Main Authors: Valentina Todisco, Andrea Grill, Konrad Fiedler, Brigitte Gottsberger, Vlad Dincă, Raluca Vodă, Vladimir Lukhtanov, Harald Letsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Zoology
Subjects:
Pseudophilotes
Lycaenidae
Butterfly
Sardinia
Endemism
Messinian Salinity Crisis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40850-018-0032-7

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