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. 2019 Nov 12;13(4):359-366.
doi: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v13i4.46897. eCollection 2019.

Karyotype of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) eriwanensis Forster, 1960 and taxonomic position of P. (A.) interjectus de Lesse, 1960 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)

Vladimir A Lukhtanov  1   2 , Alexander V Dantchenko  1   3
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Karyotype of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) eriwanensis Forster, 1960 and taxonomic position of P. (A.) interjectus de Lesse, 1960 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)

Vladimir A Lukhtanov et al. Comp Cytogenet. .

Abstract

The karyotype of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) eriwanensis Forster, 1960 from the type locality ("Eriwan" [Yerevan, Armenia]) and other localities in Armenia was investigated. The number of chromosomal elements (bivalents+ multivalents) observed in male meiosis I was found to vary from 29 to 34. In individuals with n = 34, all observed elements were represented by bivalents. In other specimens, heterozygosity for different number of chromosomal fusions resulted in multivalent formation at MI stage and consequently in a lower number of recognizable chromosomal elements. We show that all karyotype peculiarities of P. (A.) interjectus de Lesse, 1960 (n = 29-32) from Turkey are similar to those in A. eriwanensis. The butterflies of these taxa have allopatric distribution and can be considered as conspecific.

Keywords: Armenia; DNA barcoding; Turkey; biodiversity; chromosome; karyosystematics; meiosis.

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Figures

Figures 1–7.
Figures 1–7.
Karyotype in male meiosis of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) eriwanensis1–4 metaphase I of meiosis, squash preparation, n = 34 5 metaphase I of meiosis, intact (not squashed) preparation, n = 34 6 metaphase II of meiosis, intact (not squashed) preparation, n = 34 7 metaphase I of meiosis, intact (not squashed) preparation, n = 29, multivalents are shown by arrows. Scale bar: 10 μm in all figures.
Figure 8.
Figure 8.
Geographic distribution of P. (A.) eriwanensis eriwanensis (red circles) and P. (A.) eriwanensis interjectus (blue circles) based on information from Hesselbarth et al. (1995) and Lukhtanov et al. (2003). Ar is Armenia, Az is Azerbaijan, Ge is Georgia, Ru is Russia.
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