New record of the butterfly Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius) from Oman,with notes about phylogeographic patterns of E. cnejus and E. osiris (Hopffer) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) |
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Authors: | Zdenek Faltynek Fric Lukas Besta Vladimir Hula Pavel Vrba Meenakshi Irungbam Jatishwor Irungbam |
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Institution: | 1. Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Science, ?eské Budějovice, Czech Republic;2. Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, ?eské Budějovice, Czech Republic;3. Department of Zoology, Hydrobiology, Fishery and Apiculture, Faculty of AgriScience, Mendel University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic;4. Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, ?eské Budějovice, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | We document the occurrence of the Oriental butterfly species Euchrysops cnejus in northern Oman. It is very similar to E. osiris whose distribution extends from the Afrotropical region into Dhofar, southern Oman. Oman is thus the only country where both species co-occur. The two species differ in genitalia and in molecular data. We show that based on the COI marker, E. cnejus and E. osiris are sister species and the Oman populations of E. osiris are closely related to the population from continental Africa. Haplotype diversity is lower in E. cnejus, than in E. osiris. Genetic differences were found between the Australian, Oriental and Oman populations of E. cnejus but available data were not sufficient to clarify the origin of the Oman population. |
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Keywords: | Afrotropical region Oriental region COI gene zoogeography |
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