Chromosome number evolution in skippers (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)

Vladimir Lukhtanov

doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v8i4.8789

Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Anastasia V. Gagarina, Elena A. Pazhenkova (2021)
Chromosomal and DNA barcode analysis of the Melitaea ala Staudinger, 1881 species complex (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Comparative Cytogenetics 15: 199.

DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v15.i2.66121

Vladimir Lukhtanov, Alexander Dantchenko (2017)
A new butterfly species from south Russia revealed through chromosomal and molecular analysis of the Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damonides complex (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Comparative Cytogenetics 11: 769.

DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v11i4.20072

Valentina G. Kuznetsova, Viktor N. Krivokhatsky, Gadzhimurad A. Khabiev (2015)
Chromosome numbers in antlions (Myrmeleontidae) and owlflies (Ascalaphidae) (Insecta, Neuroptera). ZooKeys 538: 47.

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.538.6655

Juan L. Hernández-Roldán, Leonardo Dapporto, Vlad Dincă, Juan C. Vicente, Emily A. Hornett, Jindra Šíchová, Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Gerard Talavera, Roger Vila (2016)
Integrative analyses unveil speciation linked to host plant shift inSpialiabutterflies. Molecular Ecology 25: 4267.

DOI: 10.1111/mec.13756

Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Valentin V. Tikhonov (2015)
Chromosomal and molecular evidence for presence of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) poseidon (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in Caucasus region. Comparative Cytogenetics 9: 249.

DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v9i2.5020

Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Alexander V. Dantchenko, Maria S. Vishnevskaya, Alsu F. Saifitdinova (2015)
Detecting cryptic species in sympatry and allopatry: analysis of hidden diversity inPolyommatus(Agrodiaetus) butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 116: 468.

DOI: 10.1111/bij.12596

Yanli Che, Dong Wang, Yan Shi, Xiaohong Du, Yongquan Zhao, Nathan Lo, Zongqing Wang (2016)
A global molecular phylogeny and timescale of evolution for Cryptocercus woodroaches. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 98: 201.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.005

Alisa O. Vershinina, Vladimir A. Lukhtanov (2017)
Evolutionary mechanisms of runaway chromosome number change in Agrodiaetus butterflies. Scientific Reports 7: .

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08525-6

Jie Yang, Wenting Wan, Meng Xie, Junlai Mao, Zhiwei Dong, Sihan Lu, Jinwu He, Feiang Xie, Guichun Liu, Xuelei Dai, Zhou Chang, Ruoping Zhao, Ru Zhang, Shuting Wang, Yiming Zhang, Wei Zhang, Wen Wang, Xueyan Li (2020)
Chromosome‐level reference genome assembly and gene editing of the dead‐leaf butterflyKallima inachus. Molecular Ecology Resources 20: 1080.

DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13185

Maria S. Vishnevskaya, Alsu F. Saifitdinova, Vladimir A. Lukhtanov (2016)
Karyosystematics and molecular taxonomy of the anomalous blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the Balkan Peninsula. Comparative Cytogenetics 10: 1.

DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v10i5.10944

Alisa O. Vershinina, Boris A. Anokhin, Vladimir A. Lukhtanov (2015)
Ribosomal DNA clusters and telomeric (TTAGG)n repeats in blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) with low and high chromosome numbers. Comparative Cytogenetics 9: 161.

DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v9i2.4715

Vladimir Lukhtanov (2015)
The blue butterfly Polyommatus (Plebicula) atlanticus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) holds the record of the highest number of chromosomes in the non-polyploid eukaryotic organisms. Comparative Cytogenetics 9: 683.

DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v9i4.5760

B. Gschloessl, F. Dorkeld, H. Berges, G. Beydon, O. Bouchez, M. Branco, A. Bretaudeau, C. Burban, E. Dubois, P. Gauthier, E. Lhuillier, J. Nichols, S. Nidelet, S. Rocha, L. Sauné, R. Streiff, M. Gautier, C. Kerdelhué (2018)
Draft genome and reference transcriptomic resources for the urticating pine defoliator Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Molecular Ecology Resources 18: 602.

DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12756

Kornsorn Srikulnath, Syed Farhan Ahmad, Worapong Singchat, Thitipong Panthum (2021)
Why Do Some Vertebrates Have Microchromosomes?. Cells 10: 2182.

DOI: 10.3390/cells10092182

Guichun Liu, Zhou Chang, Lei Chen, Jinwu He, Zhiwei Dong, Jie Yang, Sihan Lu, Ruoping Zhao, Wenting Wan, Guolan Ma, Jian Li, Ru Zhang, Wen Wang, Xueyan Li (2020)
Genome size variation in butterflies (Insecta, Lepidotera, Papilionoidea): a thorough phylogenetic comparison. Systematic Entomology 45: 571.

DOI: 10.1111/syen.12417

Vladimir A Lukhtanov, Alexander V Dantchenko, Fayzali R Khakimov, Damir Sharafutdinov, Elena A Pazhenkova (2020)
Karyotype evolution and flexible (conventional versus inverted) meiosis in insects with holocentric chromosomes: a case study based on Polyommatus butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 130: 683.

DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa077