Ecologically relevant cryptic species in the highly polymorphic Amazonian butterfly Mechanitis mazaeuss.l. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae; Ithomiini)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 540-560

  Hill, Ryan I ^a   Elias, Marianne ^b   Dasmahapatra, Kanchon K ^c   Jiggins, Chris D ^d   Koong, Victor ^e   Willmott, Keith R ^f   Mallet, James ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Millipore Corporation   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biodiversity; DNA barcoding; Host plant; Integrative taxonomy; Mitochondrial DNA; M llerian mimicry; Neotropics; Solanum

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLUTCH SIZE; HOST PLANT; MIMICRY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NATURAL SELECTION; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSPECIES; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY;

AMAZONIA;

ITHOMIINI; LEPIDOPTERA; MECHANITIS; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; SOLANUM;

EID: 84862311039     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01874.x     Document Type: Article

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