Geometric morphometrics reveal male genitalia differences in the Lasiommata megera/paramegaera complex (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) and the lack of a predicted hybridization area in the Tuscan Archipelago

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-230

  Dapporto, L ^a  

^a Istituto Comprensivo Materna Elementere Media Convenevole da Prato   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genitalia morphology; Island populations; Lasiommata; Tyrrhenian area

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BUTTERFLY; ENDEMISM; GENE FLOW; GEOMETRY; HYBRIDIZATION; ISLAND; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MALE; MATING SUCCESS; MORPHOMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCAN ARCHIPELAGO; TUSCANY; WESTERN EUROPE;

LASIOMMATA; LASIOMMATA MEGERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 44949149157     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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