Luehdorfia japonica (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)

Locality: Japan: Kanazawa, Ishikawa; emerged 20.II.1991.

DNA number FS-a-335.

Specimen used in studies by:

MS Caterino, RD Reed, MM Kuo and FAH Sperling, 2001. A partitioned likelihood analysis of swallowtail butterfly Phylogeny (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Systematic Biology 50 (2001): 106-127).

EV Zakharov, MS Caterino and FAH Sperling, 2004. Molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography, and divergence time estimates for swallowtail butterflies of the genus Papilio (lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Systematic Biology 53 (2004): 193-215.

V Nazari, EV Zakharov and FAH Sperling, 2007. Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and taxonomic ranking of Parnassiinae based on morphology and seven genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in review.

V Nazari and FAH Sperling, [2007]. Mitochondrial DNA variability and phylogeography in western palaearctic Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae): How many species are there? Insect Systematics and Evolution , in prep.

Simonsen TJ, Zakharov EV, Djernæs M, Cotton AM, Vane-Wright RI, Sperling FAH [2010]. Phylogenetics and divergence times of Papilioninae (Lepidoptera) with special reference to the enigmatic genera Teinopalpus and Meandrusa. Cladistics (pre publication).

GenBank Accession Numbers for COI-COII AF170867, EF1a AF173407, and Wingless DQ351138.