The lesser wanderer butterfly, Danaus petilia (Stoll 1790) stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Danainae), reinstated as a species

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-14

  Lushai, Gugs ^a   Zalucki, Myron P ^b   Smith, David A S ^c   Goulson, Dave ^a   Daniels, Greg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Biological species concept; Danaus chrysippus; Danaus petilia; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogenetic species concept; Systematics

Indexed keywords

DANAINAE; DANAUS CHRYSIPPUS; DANAUS CHRYSIPPUS PETILIA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 13644253891     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2005.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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