DNA barcodes of closely related (but morphologically and ecologically distinct) species of skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae) can differ by only one to three nucleotides

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 138-153

  Burns, John M ^a   Janzen, Daniel H ^b   Hajibabaei, Mehrdad ^c   Hallwachs, Winnie ^b   Hebert, Paul D N ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area de Conservaci n Guanacaste; Costa Rica; Dry forest; Foodplants; Genitalia; Neoxeniades pluviasilva Burns, sp.; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DNA; DRY FOREST; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; RAINFOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

HESPERIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 36749089478     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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