Allopatric origin of cryptic butterfly species that were discovered feeding on distinct host plants in sympatry

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3639-3651

  McBride, Carolyn S ^a   Van Velzen, Robin ^b,d   Larsen, Torben B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b National Herbarium of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c Box 63 ^*  (Denmark)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Allopatric speciation; Cryptic species; Cymothoe; Rinorea; Sympatric speciation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CAMEROON; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CAMEROON; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CYMOTHOE; HEXAPODA; RINOREA; STREPSIPTERA;

EID: 69049102114     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04309.x     Document Type: Article

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