Geographical distribution of the cryptic species Agrodiaetus alcestis alcestis, A. alcestis karacetinae and A. demavendi (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) revealed by cytogenetic analysis

Comparative Cytogenetics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Vershinina, A O ^a,b   Lukhtanov, V A ^a,b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agrodiaetus; Butterfly; Chromosome; COI; Cryptic species; DNA barcoding; Iran; Karyotype; Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae

Indexed keywords

AGRODIAETUS; AGRODIAETUS ADMETUS; AGRODIAETUS ALCESTIS; AGRODIAETUS ALCESTIS KARACETINAE; AGRODIAETUS DEMAVENDI; AGRODIAETUS RIPARTII; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE;

EID: 79958806608     PISSN: 19930771     EISSN: 1993078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v4i1.21     Document Type: Article

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