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Vlad Dincă
Corrigendum: DNA barcodes highlight unique research models in European butterflies
V. Dinca and P.D.N. Hebert. Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, ON N1G 2W1, Canada. N. Backstrom. Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyvagen 18D, 75236 Uppsala, Sweden. L. Dapporto. Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK. M. Friberg. Department of Ecology and Genetics, Plant Ecology and Evolution, Uppsala University, Norbyvagen 18D, 75236 Uppsala, Sweden. E. Garcia-Barros, J. Hernandez-Roldan, and M.L. Munguira. Department of Biology, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Campus Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain. E. Hornett. Department of Zoology, University of Cambri…
DNA barcode reference library for Iberian butterflies enables a continental-scale preview of potential cryptic diversity
How common are cryptic species - those overlooked because of their morphological similarity? Despite its wide-ranging implications for biology and conservation, the answer remains open to debate. Butterflies constitute the best-studied invertebrates, playing a similar role as birds do in providing models for vertebrate biology. An accurate assessment of cryptic diversity in this emblematic group requires meticulous case-by-case assessments, but a preview to highlight cases of particular interest will help to direct future studies. We present a survey of mitochondrial genetic diversity for the butterfly fauna of the Iberian Peninsula with unprecedented resolution (3502 DNA barcodes for all 2…
Two consecutive Wolbachia ‐mediated mitochondrial introgressions obscure taxonomy in Palearctic swallowtail butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)
Swallowtail butterflies (Papilionidae) are among the most spectacular and well-known Lepidoptera in the European fauna, but their systematics is not fully elucidated. A notable case is that of Iphiclides feisthamelii which, after more than 180 years since description, still has a debated status, being often considered as a subspecies of Iphiclides podalirius. To elucidate the relationship between the two taxa and the evolutionary processes that led to their separation, we combine mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (mtDNA and nDNA) data, Wolbachia screening, genitalia morphology and wing UV reflectance. Our results show that the two taxa clearly differ in male and female genital morphology, male …