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Lycaenidae

 
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2015
2015
The blue butterfly Polyommatus (Plebicula) atlanticus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) holds the record of the highest number of chromosomes in the non-polyploid eukaryotic organisms
The blue butterfly species Polyommatus (Plebicula) atlanticus (Elwes, 1906) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) is known to have a very… (More)
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2015
2015
Chromosomal and molecular evidence for presence of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) poseidon (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in Caucasus region
We show how combination of chromosomal and molecular markers can be applied for proper species identification in Agrodiaetus H… (More)
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2014
2014
Taxonomic position of several enigmatic Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) species (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Central and Eastern Iran: insights from molecular and chromosomal data
The species-rich subgenus Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) has become one of the best studied groups of Palearctic blue butterflies… (More)
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2011
2011
Reconstructing intraordinal relationships in Lepidoptera using mitochondrial genome data with the description of two newly sequenced lycaenids, Spindasis takanonis and Protantigius superans…
Lepidoptera is one of the largest insect orders, but the phylogenetic relationships within this order, have yet to be adequately… (More)
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2006
2006
CR1 clade of non-LTR retrotransposons from Maculinea butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): evidence for recent horizontal transmission
Non-long terminal repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposons are mobile genetic elements that propagate themselves by reverse… (More)
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2004
2004
Phylogeny of Agrodiaetus Hübner 1822 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) inferred from mtDNA sequences of COI and COII and nuclear sequences of EF1-alpha: karyotype diversification and species radiation.
Butterflies in the large Palearctic genus Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) are extremely uniform and exhibit few… (More)
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1996
1996
Long-distance Gene Flow in the Sedentary Butterfly, Euphilotes Enoptes (lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
The relationship between gene flow and geographic proximity has been assessed for many insect species, but dispersal distances… (More)
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1996
1996
Host-ant trail following by myrmecophilous larvae of Liphyrinae (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
In this study we report a case of ant-trail following by lycaenid caterpillars. Euliphyra mirifica and E. leucyana caterpillars… (More)
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1995
1995
Phenological Isolation, Gene Flow and Developmental Differences among Low- and High-elevation Populations of Euphilotes Enoptes (lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Populations of the specialist herbivore, Euphilotes enoptes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), along three elevational transects in the… (More)
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1988
1988
Functional analysis of the myrmecophilous relationships between ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and lycaenids (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Mature larvae of the myrmecophilous lycaenid Polyommatus coridon produce an average of 30.9 droplets of a honeydew-like secretion… (More)
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