The correct name for the South Western European species recently separated from Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

Cotton, Adam M.; Bolotov, Ivan N.; Gofarov, Mikhail Y.; Gorbach, Vyacheslav; Kolosova, Yulia S.; Zheludkova, Alisa A.; Kondakov, Alexander V.; Spitsyn, Vitaly M.

doi:10.37828/em.2021.43.8

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“…Previously, an analysis of molecular markers revealed the taxonomic heterogeneity of populations attributed to P. mnemosyne [13]. On this basis, P. turatii was isolated from this complex as a separate species [30,31]. Our data show that the structure of this group is even more complex and includes another deeply differentiated lineage, namely, P. nubilosus.…”

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“…This complex comprises the western and eastern phylogenetic lineages. The western lineage, whose range occupies the western part of Eurasia from the Pyrenees to the Trans-Urals and Central Asia, is known to be represented by the species P. mnemosyne and P. turatii Fruhstorfer, 1908 [30,31]. The eastern lineage, whose range occupies the eastern part of Eurasia from Altai to the Japanese Islands, is represented by the species P. stubbendorfii Ménétriés, 1849; P. glacialis Butler, 1866; and P. hoenei Schweitzer, 1912 [15].…”

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Taxonomic Structure and Wing Pattern Evolution in the Parnassius mnemosyne Species Complex (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)

Lukhtanov,

Zakharov

2023

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In our study, using the analysis of DNA barcodes and morphology (wing color, male genitalia, and female sphragis shape), we show that the group of species close to P. mnemosyne comprises the western and eastern phylogenetic lineages. The eastern lineage includes P. stubbendorfii, P. glacialis, and P. hoenei. The western lineage includes three morphologically similar species: P. mnemosyne (Western Eurasia), P. turatii (southwestern Europe), and P. nubilosus stat. nov. (Turkmenistan and NE Iran), as well as the morphologically differentiated P. ariadne (Altai). The latter species differs from the rest of the group in the presence of red spots on the wings. Parnassius mnemosyne s.s. is represented by four differentiated mitochondrial clusters that show clear association with specific geographic regions. We propose to interpret them as subspecies: P. mnemosyne mnemosyne (Central and Eastern Europe, N Caucasus, N Turkey), P. mnemosyne adolphi (the Middle East), P. mnemosyne falsa (Tian Shan), and P. mnemosyne gigantea (Gissar-Alai in Central Asia). We demonstrate that in P. ariadne, the red spots on the wing evolved as a reversion to the ancestral wing pattern. This reversion is observed in Altai, where the distribution areas of the western lineage, represented by P. ariadne, and the eastern lineage, represented by P. stubbendorfii, overlap. These two species hybridize in Altai, and we hypothesize that the color change in P. ariadne is the result of reinforcement of prezygotic isolation in the contact zone. The lectotype of Parnassius mnemosyne var. nubilosus Christoph, 1873, is designated.

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