A new mimetic species of Heliconius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), from southeastern Colombia, revealed by cladistic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 317-332

  Brower, Andrew V Z ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphology; mtDNA COII; M llerian mimicry; Phenotypic variation

Indexed keywords

HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS AMARYLLIS; HELICONIUS CYDNO; HELICONIUS ERATO; HELICONIUS HEURIPPA; HELICONIUS MELPOMENE MOCOA; HELICONIUS TIMARETA; HELICONIUS TRISTERO; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0041051031     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1996.0022     Document Type: Article

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