Genetic evidence for a sibling species of Heliconius charithonia (Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-67

  Jiggins, Chris D ^a   Davies, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopatry; Butterfly; Ecuador; Hybrid zone; Hybridization; Parapatry; Peru; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME; ECUADOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HABITAT; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYBRID; PERU; SEQUENCE DIVERGENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

HELICONIUS CHARITHONIA;

EID: 0031870365     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0211     Document Type: Article

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