Chromosomal and DNA barcode analysis of the Melitaea ala Staudinger, 1881 species complex (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)

The species of the Melitaea ala Staudinger, 1881 complex are distributed in Central Asia. Here we show that this complex is a monophyletic group including the species, M. ala, M. kotshubeji Sheljuzhko, 1929 and M. enarea Fruhstorfer, 1917. The haploid chromosome number n=29 is found in M. ala and M....

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Main Authors: Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Anastasia V. Gagarina, Elena A. Pazhenkova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-06-01
Series:Comparative Cytogenetics
Online Access:https://compcytogen.pensoft.net/article/66121/download/pdf/

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