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Comparison of Genetic Structure between Endangered and Common Butterflies, Ypthima multistriata and Y. argus (Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae), Inhabiting Japan.
Zoological science - 1 Apr 2020
Hasegawa Yuto, Takeuchi Tsuyoshi, Ueda Shouhei, Hirai Norio
Abstract excerpt
Genetic structures of two closely related butterflies, Ypthima multistriata and Y. argus, inhabiting Japan were compared based on the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences. The former species is classified as a vulnerable species and exhibits a characteristic pattern of voltinism: univoltine and bivoltine populations are distributed in a scattered manner. The latter species is common and...
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