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Bayesian Poisson tree processes and multispecies coalescent models shed new light on the diversification of Nawab butterflies in the Solomon Islands (Nymphalidae,Charaxinae, Polyura)
Authors:Emmanuel F.A. Toussaint  Jérôme Morinière  Athena Lam  Bernard Turlin  Michael Balke FLS
Affiliation:1. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology & Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA;2. SNSB‐Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Munich, Germany;3. , Andrésy, France;4. GeoBioCenter, Ludwig‐Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Abstract:Butterflies of the genus Polyura form a widespread tropical group distributed from Pakistan to Fiji. The rare endemic Polyura epigenes Godman & Salvin, 1888 from the Solomon Islands archipelago represents a case of marked island polymorphism. We sequenced museum specimens of this species across its geographic range to study the phylogeography and genetic differentiation of populations in the archipelago. We used the Bayesian Poisson tree processes and multispecies coalescent models, to study species boundaries. We also estimated divergence times to investigate the biogeographic history of populations. Our molecular species delimitation and nuclear DNA network analyses unambiguously indicate that Malaita populations form an independent metapopulation lineage, as defined in the generalized lineage concept. This lineage, previously ranked as a subspecies, is raised to species rank under the name Polyura bicolor Turlin & Sato, 1995  stat. nov. Divergence time estimates suggest that this lineage split from its sister taxon in the late Pleistocene. At this time, the bathymetric isolation of Malaita from the rest of the archipelago probably prevented gene flow during periods of lower sea level, thereby fostering allopatric speciation. The combination of molecular species delimitation methods, morphological comparisons, and divergence time estimation is useful to study lineage diversification across intricate geographic regions.
Keywords:allopatric speciation  *BEAST     BPP     Malaita  Melanesia  molecular species delimitation     Polyura bicolor   
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