Genetic evidence for a sibling species of Heliconius charithonia (Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae)
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Genetic differentiation without mimicry shift in a pair of hybridizing Heliconius species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
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عنوان ژورنال: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0024-4066
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1998.tb01533.x