Phylogeography of Koramius charltonius (Gray, 1853) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae): a case of too many poorly circumscribed subspecies

Koramius charltonius (Gray, 1853) ( Lepidoptera : Papilionidae ) is distributed in the mountains of Central Asia. We analysed genetic and phylogeographic patterns throughout the western part of its range using a mitochondrial marker (COI). We also analysed the wing pattern using multivariate statist...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nota lepidopterologica 2016, Vol.39 (2), p.169-191
Hauptverfasser: Korb, Stanislav K., Fric, Zdenek F., Bartoňová, Alena
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Zusammenfassung:Koramius charltonius (Gray, 1853) ( Lepidoptera : Papilionidae ) is distributed in the mountains of Central Asia. We analysed genetic and phylogeographic patterns throughout the western part of its range using a mitochondrial marker (COI). We also analysed the wing pattern using multivariate statistics. We found that the species contains several unique haplotypes in the west and shared haplotypes in the east. The haplotype groups do not correspond to the wing pattern and also the described subspecies do not correspond to either the haplotypes or the groups circumscribed by the wing pattern. Currently, there are more than ten subspecies of Koramius charltonius in Central Asia; based on our analyses we suggest a reduction to only five of them. The following nomenclatural changes are applied: (1) Koramius charltonius aenigma Dubatolov & Milko, 2003, syn. n., Koramius charltonius sochivkoi Churkin, 2009, syn.n., and Koramius charltonius alrashid Churkin & Pletnev, 2012, syn. n. are new synonyms of Koramius charltonius romanovi (Grum-Grshimailo, 1885); (2) Koramius charltonius marusya Churkin & Pletnev, 2012, syn. n., Koramius charltonius eugenia Churkin, 2009, syn. n., Koramius charltonius anjuta Stshetkin & Kaabak, 1985, syn. n., and Koramius charltonius mistericus Kaabak, Sotchivko & Titov, 1996, syn. n. are new synonyms of Koramius charltonius vaporosus (Avinov, 1913); and (3) Koramius charltonius safronovi Korb, Shaposhnikov, Zatakovoy & Nikolaev, 2013, syn. n. is a new synonym of Koramius charltonius voigti (Bang-Haas, 1927).
ISSN:0342-7536
2367-5365
DOI:10.3897/nl.39.7682