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The higher classification of the Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea)

Creator:

Warren, Andrew D.

Abstract:

A comprehensive tribal-level classification for the world's subfamilies of Hesperiidae, the skipper butterflies, is proposed for the first time. Phylogenetic relationships between tribes and subfamilies are inferred using DNA sequence data from three gene regions: 943 bp of cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) (in the mitochondrial genome), 739 bp of...

Resource Type:

Dissertation