Phylogeny of Apaturinae Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Based on Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase? Gene

Min Zhang; Tianwen Cao; Rui Zhang; Yaping Guo; Yihao Duan; Enbo Ma

doi:10.1016/S1673-8527(07)60092-7

Volume 34 Issue 9

Sep. 2007

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Phylogeny of Apaturinae Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Based on Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase? Gene

doi: 10.1016/S1673-8527(07)60092-7

a
College of Life Science and Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
b
Institute of Plant Protection, Shanxi Academy of Agriculture Science, Taiyuan 030031, China
c
College of Environmental Science and Resources, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030031, China

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Corresponding author: E-mail address: maenbo2003@sxu.edu.cn (Enbo Ma)
Received Date: 2006-11-27
Accepted Date: 2006-12-21

Available Online: 2007-09-18

Publish Date: 2007-09-20

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Abstract

The phylogenetic relationships of genera in the subfamily Apaturinae were examined using mtDNA sequence data from 1,471 bp of cytochrome oxidase subunit?(COI). The mitochondrial COI gene from a total of 16 species in 11 genera were sequenced to obtain mtDNA data, along with those of 4 species obtained from GenBank, to construct the MP and the NJ trees using Athyma jina, Penthema adelma, Polyura nepenthes, and Charaxes bernardus as outgroups. The transitions at the third codon positions of theCOI data set were found saturated, but they were retained for analysis, because they contain the majority of the phylogenetic information. The impacts of equal weight assumptions for all characters in the parsimonious analysis were assessed by potential alternations in clades in response to different transition/transversion weighting schemes. The results indicated four distinct major groups in Apaturinae. Moreover, several well supported and stable clades were found in the Apaturinae. The study also identified undetermined taxon groups whose positions were weakly supported and were subject to changes under different weighting schemes. Within the Apaturinae, the clustering results are approximately identical to the classical morphological classification. The mtDNA data suggest the genus Mimathyma as a monophyletic group. Lelecella limenitoides and Dilipa fenestra have close relationship with very strong support in all phylogenetic trees. It also supports the taxonomic revision of removing several species from Apatura to other genera, namely Mimathyma schrenckii, M. chevana, M. nycteis, Chitoria subcaerulea, C. fasciola, C. pallas, and Helcyra subalba.
- nymphalidae,
- apaturinae,
- mtDNA,
- molecular phylogeny,
- cytochrome oxidase Igene

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