Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of brimstone butterflies (genus Gonepteryx) from the Canary Islands and Madeira

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-79

  Brunton, Clair F A ^a,b   Hurst, Gregory D D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonization; Island biogeography; Lepidoptera; Pieridae systematics

Indexed keywords

BRIMSTONE BUTTERFLY; ENDEMISM; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY;

CANARY ISLANDS; MADEIRA ISLANDS; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

GONEPTERYX; GONEPTERYX CLEOBULE; GONEPTERYX EVERSI; GONEPTERYX PALMAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE;

EID: 0031906924     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0180     Document Type: Article

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