DNA barcode based phylogeographic analysis of the Aricia anteros (Freyer, 1838) species complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with description of a new subspecies from SE Europe.

The complex of taxa closely related to Aricia anteros includes the species A. anteros sensu stricto, A. crassipuncta, A.

Investigations into the Melitaea ornata species complex in the Levant: M. telona and the newly erected species Melitaea klili Benyamini, 2021 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).

Melitaea klili Benyamini, 2021 was recently described from Israel as a species closely related to M. telona Fruhstorfer, 1908, but different in phenology, ecological preferences and with an allopatric distribution. Here, based on comparative examinations of mitochondrial DNA-barcodes, male genitalia and larval behaviour under laboratory conditions, we synonymize M.

Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Butterfly Subtribe Scolitantidina with Special Focus on the Genera , and (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae).

The Palearctic blue butterfly genus Beuret, 1958 is not homogenous regarding the morphology of its genital structures. For this reason, some of its species have been considered to be representatives of other genera of the subtribe Scolitantidina (subfamily Polyommatinae). Here, we address these taxonomic problems by analyzing the phylogenetic relationships between the genera, subgenera, and species of this subtribe inferred via the analysis of five nuclear and two mitochondrial DNA sequences.

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

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

Karyotype and DNA barcode of () (Staudinger, 1899) from its type locality: implication for taxonomic and evolutionary research in blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae).

Chromosomal and molecular analyses of rapidly evolving organisms such as Latreille, 1804 blue butterflies are essential for understanding their taxonomy and evolutionary history, and the studies of populations from their type localities are crucially important for resolving problems of nomenclature and species identity. Here we present data on the topotypical population of the blue butterfly species described as Lycaena damone var. cyanea Staudinger, 1899.

A DNA-based description of a new carpenter moth species (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Morocco.

We used a combination of morphological data (genitalia structure) and a molecular marker (a 658bp fragment of the COI gene) to demonstrate that carpenter moth populations from central and southern Morocco, previously identified as Cossus cossus (Linnaeus, 1758) based on external morphology, represent a new species, described herein as C. romantsovi Yakovlev Shapoval, sp. n.