201. Phylogenetic evaluation ofPapilio bianorandP. polyctor(Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
- Author
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Wu Chunsheng, Wu Xiaobing, Zhu Lixin, and Yang Banghe
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Lepidoptera genitalia ,Monophyly ,Phylogenetic tree ,Evolutionary biology ,Synonym ,Phylogenetics ,Insect Science ,Haplotype ,Zoology ,Biology ,Bianor ,biology.organism_classification ,Papilio bianor - Abstract
Morphological differences between Papilio bianor and P. polyctor are regarded as sufficient to treat them as distinct but this is often disputed. Hence, a molecular phylogenetic study of these with twenty individuals of P. bianor from fourteen localities and eighteen individuals of P. polyctor from four localities was conducted. Sequences of the partial regions of COI (about 579bp), CO II (about 655bp) and EF1-α genes (about 692bp) of the 38 haplotypes were obtained. These results indicate that P. bianor and P. polyctor represented independent evolutionary lineages, as haplotypes failed to form monophyletic groups. Thus it was concluded that P. polyctor is a synonym of P. bianor.
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- 2009