Taxonomic position of several enigmatic Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) species (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Central and Eastern Iran: insights from molecular and chromosomal data

Vladimir Lukhtanov; Nazar Shapoval; Alexander Dantchenko

doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v8i4.8939

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 A. Lukhtanov, Nazar A. Shapoval (2017)
Chromosomal identification of cryptic species sharing their DNA barcodes: Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) antidolus and P. (A.) morgani in Iran (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Comparative Cytogenetics 11: 759.

DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v11i4.20876

Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Alexander V. Dantchenko (2021)
Chromosomal and DNA barcode analysis of the Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damone (Eversmann, 1841) species complex (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Comparative Cytogenetics 15: 1.

DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v15.i1.60347

Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Elena A. Pazhenkova, Asya V. Novikova (2016)
Mitochondrial chromosome as a marker of animal migratory routes: DNA barcoding revealed Asian (non-African) origin of a tropical migrant butterfly Junonia orithya in south Israel. Comparative Cytogenetics 10: 671.

DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v10i4.11085

Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Alexander V. Dantchenko, Karine V. Balayan, Anastasia V. Gagarina (2020)
Karyotype and DNA barcode of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) cyaneus (Staudinger, 1899) from its type locality: implication for taxonomic and evolutionary research in Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Comparative Cytogenetics 14: 567.

DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v14i4.59574

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

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08525-6

Elena A. Pazhenkova, Vladimir A. Lukhtanov (2019)
Nuclear genes (but not mitochondrialDNAbarcodes) reveal real species: Evidence from theBrenthisfritillary butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57: 298.

DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12252

Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Yaroslavna Iashenkova (2019)
Linking karyotypes with DNA barcodes: proposal for a new standard in chromosomal analysis with an example based on the study of Neotropical Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera). Comparative Cytogenetics 13: 435.

DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v13i4.48368

Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Asya V. Novikova (2015)
Interpretation of mitochondrial diversity in terms of taxonomy: a case study of Hyponephele lycaon species complex in Israel (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). ZooKeys 538: 21.

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.538.6689

Vladimir A. Lukhtanov (2017)
A new species of Melitaea from Israel, with notes on taxonomy, cytogenetics, phylogeography and interspecific hybridization in the Melitaea persea complex (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Comparative Cytogenetics 11: 325.

DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i2.12370

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

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, Nazar A. Shapoval, Boris A. Anokhin, Alsu F. Saifitdinova, Valentina G. Kuznetsova (2015)
Homoploid hybrid speciation and genome evolution via chromosome sorting. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282: 20150157.

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0157

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

Nazar A. Shapoval, Vladimir A. Lukhtanov (2015)
Intragenomic variations of multicopy ITS2 marker in Agrodiaetus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Comparative Cytogenetics 9: 483.

DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v9i4.5429

Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Alexander V. Dantchenko, Karine V. Balayan, Anastasia V. Gagarina (2020)
Karyotype and DNA barcode of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) cyaneus (Staudinger, 1899) from its type locality: implication for taxonomic and evolutionary research in Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Comparative Cytogenetics 14: 567.

DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v14.i4.59574

Nazar A. Shapoval, Vladimir A. Lukhtanov (2015)
Taxonomic interpretation of chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA variability in the species complex close to Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) dama (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ZooKeys 538: 1.

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.538.6559

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

V. A. Lukhtanov, A. Sourakov, E. V. Zakharov (2016)
DNA barcodes as a tool in biodiversity research: testing pre-existing taxonomic hypotheses in Delphic Apollo butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 14: 599.

DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1203371