Cross-continental phylogeography of two Holarctic Nymphalid butterflies, Boloria eunomia and Boloria selene.

ABSTRACT: Pleistocene glaciations had significant effects on the distribution and evolution of species inhabiting the Holarctic region. Phylogeographic studies concerning the entire region are still rare. Here, we compared global phylogeographic patterns of one boreo-montane and one boreo-temperate butterflies with largely overlapping distribution ranges across the Northern Hemisphere, but with different levels of range fragmentation and food specialization. We reconstructed the global phylogeographic history of the boreo-montane specialist Boloria eunomia (n = 223) and of the boreo-temperate generalist Boloria selene (n = 106) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers, and with species distribution modelling (SDM). According to the genetic structures obtained, both species show a Siberian orig

SUBMITTER: Maresova J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6435151 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature