Genetic Divergence Among Subspecies of Basilarchia Arthemis

The findings indicate that the relationship between banded and non-banded populations is more complex than a transition between alternate color-patterns, and is consistent with a common pattern of post-Pleistocene secondary contact between sister taxa of a variety of organisms, notably the tiger swallowtail butterflies Papilio glaucus L. and P. canadensis Rothschild and Jordan. The data suggest a greater level of divergence between arthemis and astyanax than between nominal species B. lorquini (Boisduval) and B. weidemeyerii (Edwards), and even more so between rubrofasciata and astyanax.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Entomology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Gilardi, Jeffrey William

Contributors dc:contributor

• Berlocher, Stewart H.

• Biology, Genetics

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3160886

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/86453