Official Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society of Africa
Metamorphosis Volume 33 (2022), Articles: 107 - 126
Publication Date : 2022-12-21
Author/s : Swee-Peck Quek, Ernest L. Pringle, Alan Heath

Title :

Chrysoritis Butler (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Aphnaeinae) – Part I: Molecular phylogenetic analyses of a South African genus of myrmecophilous butterflies.

Abstract :

The molecular data of Talavera et al. (2020) is re-analysed to provide a foundation for a taxonomic revision of Chrysoritis. A COI phylogeny recovers most of the Chrysoritis species as monophyletic, and a few as polyphyletic but supported by the CAD gene. In the thysbe clade, most species, despite occurring in sympatry with at least one other species in the clade, maintain distinctive wing facies and ecological identity without intermediate forms. Within the thysbe clade, which contains the majority of species, sister taxon comparisons based on the COI phylogeny suggest speciation has been predominantly allopatric and accompanied mostly by minor morphological change and sometimes also a change in male patrolling terrain and/or host ant species. The diversification of the thysbe clade and the taxonomic implications of our results are discussed.

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Keywords:

Speciation, sympatry, GCFR, Cytochrome C Oxidase I, introgression, CAD, iridescence, aphytophagy, trophallaxis, hilltopping, male patrolling terrain, Crematogaster.

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