01965nas a2200205 4500008004100000245012500041210006900166260001400235490000800249520132400257653001401581653001601595653001801611653001401629653001401643653001301657100001901670700002001689856005001709 2016 eng d00aSpecies delimitation in the Grayling genus Pseudochazara (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) supported by DNA barcodes0 aSpecies delimitation in the Grayling genus Pseudochazara Lepidop c22.6.20160 v6003 a

The Palaearctic Grayling genus Pseudochazara encompasses a number of petrophilous butterfly species,
most of which are local endemics especially in their centre of radiation in SW Asia and the Balkans. Due
to a lack of consistent morphological characters, coupled with habitat induced variability, their taxonomy
is poorly understood and species delimitation is hampered. We employed a DNA barcoding approach to
address the question of separate species status for several European taxa and provide first insight into the
phylogeny of the genus. Unexpectedly we found conflicting patterns with deep divergences between presumably
conspecific taxa and lack of divergence among well-defined species. We propose separate species
status for P. tisiphone, P. amalthea, P. amymone, and P. kermana all of which have separate well supported
clades, with the majority of them becoming local endemics. Lack of resolution in the ‘Mamurra’ species
group with well-defined species (in terms of wing pattern and coloration) such as P. geyeri, P. daghestana
and P. alpina should be further explored using nuclear molecular markers with higher genetic resolution.

10abarcoding10abutterflies10aPapilionoidea10aphylogeny10aSatyrinae10ataxonomy1 aVEROVNIK, RUDI1 aWiemers, Martin uhttps://lepidopteragr.myspecies.info/node/72301481nas a2200205 4500008004100000245013700041210006900178490000700247520081500254653001601069653001601085653001101101653001601112653001501128653002101143653001701164100002001181700002401201856005001225 2015 eng d00aTaxonomic Position and Status of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) iphigenia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the Peloponnese, Southern Greece0 aTaxonomic Position and Status of Polyommatus Agrodiaetus iphigen0 v633 a

In our study we use a 690 bp fragment of the COI gene to analyze a taxon from southern
Greece, usually treated as Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) iphigenia nonacriensis (Brown,
1977). The previous conclusions on taxonomy and nomenclature of P. (A.) iphigenia
nonacriensis were not supported by molecular or cytological data, therefore the problem of
identity of this taxon has remained unsolved. We found that with respect to COI haplotypes,
P. (A.) iphigenia nonacriensis from Greece is similar to the studied populations of P. (A.)
iphigenia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847) from Turkey and Armenia. Thus, we confirm that the
only Greek Agrodiaetus butterfly with blue wing coloration in males actually belongs to the
species P. (A.) iphigenia.

10aAgrodiaetus10abutterflies10aGreece10aLepidoptera10aLycaenidae10amolecular marker10aPeloponnese.1 aShapoval, Nazar1 aLukhtanov, Vladimir uhttps://lepidopteragr.myspecies.info/node/70300445nas a2200109 4500008004500000245013400045210007300179300001200252653001600264100000500280856005000285 2010 Engldsh 00aDiversity patterns in insect communities of the Dadia–Lefkimi–Soufli Forest National Park: butterflies, grasshoppers, beetles0 aDiversity patterns in insect communities of the Dadia–Lefkimi–So a115-12210abutterflies1 a uhttps://lepidopteragr.myspecies.info/node/347