Three new subfamilies of skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)

We obtained and analyzed whole genome data for more than 160 representatives of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) from all known subfamilies, tribes and most distinctive genera. We found that two genera, Katreus Watson, 1893 and Ortholexis Karsch, 1895, which are sisters, ar...

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Main Authors: Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Ernst Brockmann, Nick V. Grishin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-07-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/34686/download/pdf/