Lack of evidence for reproductive isolation among ecologically specialised lycaenid butterflies

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 702-712

  Nice, Chris C ^a,d   Fordyce, J A ^b   Shapiro, A M ^b   Ffrench Constant, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterfly conservation; Host plant fidelity; Lycaeides; Lycaenidae; Mitochondrial DNA; Reproductive isolation; Specialisation

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; HOST PLANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

NORTH AMERICA;

HEXAPODA; IDAS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAEIDES; LYCAEIDES IDAS; LYCAEIDES MELISSA; LYCAENIDAE; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0036896278     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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