Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: The systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)

Cladistics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-192

  Talavera, Gerard ^a,b   Lukhtanov, Vladimir A ^c,d   Pierce, Naomi E ^e   Vila, Roger ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BUTTERFLY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; POLYOMMATINAE; POLYOMMATUS;

EID: 84874975187     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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