Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 641-650

  Wahlberg, Niklas ^a   Rota, Jadranka ^a   Braby, Michael F ^b,c   Pierce, Naomi E ^d   Wheat, Christopher W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Department of Land Resource Management ^*  (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84908008232     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12075     Document Type: Article

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