DNA Vouchers

Links to lists of species used in published studies and images of vouchers:

1. MS Caterino and FAH Sperling 1999. Papilio phylogeny based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I and II genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 11 (1999): 122-137.

2. RD Reed and FAH Sperling 1999. Interaction of process partitions in phylogenetic analysis: An example from the swallowtail butterfly genus Papilio. Molecular Biology and Evolution 16 (1999): 286-297.

3. 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).

4. 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.

5. EV Zakharov, CR Smith, DC Lees, A Cameron, RI Vane-Wright and FAH Sperling, 2004. Independent gene phylogenies and morphology demonstrate a Malagasy origin for a wide-ranging group of swallowtail butterflies. Evolution 58 (2004): 2763-2782.

6. Y Du, AD Roe, and FAH Sperling, 2005. Phylogenetic framework for Dioryctria (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) based on combined analysis of mitochondrial DNA and morphology. Canadian Entomologist 137: 685-711.

7. N Wahlberg, MF Braby, AVZ Brower, R de Jong, MM Lee, S Nylin, NE Pierce, FAH Sperling, R Vila, A Warren and EV Zakharov, 2005. Synergistic effects of combining morphological and molecular data in resolving the phylogeny of butterflies and skippers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B., 272 (1572): 1577-1586.

8. AD Roe, JD Stein, NE Gillette, and FAH Sperling, 2006. Identification of Dioryctria (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in a Seed Orchard at Chico, California. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99 (3): 433-448.

9. AD Roe, and FAH Sperling, 2007a. Patterns of evoluton of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I and II DNA and implications for DNA barcoding. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution in press.

10. AD Roe, and FAH Sperling, 2007b. Delimitation of cryptic species boundaries in Dioryctria moths using an integrative approach. Molecular Ecology in review.

11. V Nazari, EV Zakharov and FAH Sperling, 2007. Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and taxonomic ranking of Parnassiinae based on morphology and seven genes (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 42: 131-156.

12. 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 press.

13. Simonsen, TJ, N Wahlberg, AD Warren and FAH Sperling, 2010. The evolutionary history of Boloria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): phylogeny, zoogeography and larval foodplant relationships. Systematics and Biodiversity, 8(4), in press.

14. 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, 25 pp (pre publication).

15. B Proshek, L Crawford, S Desjardins, C Davis, A Henderson, and FAH Sperling, [2011]. Apodemia mormo in Canada: population genetic data support prior conservation ranking. Journal of Insect Conservation, in preparation.

16. B Proshek, J Powell, P Opler, A Engberg and FAH Sperling, [2011]. Conservation and taxonomic status of the endangered butterfly Apodemia mormo langei (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Journal of Insect Conservation, in preparation.



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