Phylogeography of Parnassius apollo: Hints on taxonomy and conservation of a vulnerable glacial butterfly invader

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-183

  Todisco, Valentina ^a   Gratton, Paolo ^a   Cesaroni, Donatella ^a   Sbordoni, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Butterflies; MtDNA; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC VARIATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

PAPILIONOIDEA; PARNASSIUS APOLLO;

EID: 77955934120     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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