The evolution of ultraviolet patterns in European Colias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Pieridae): a phylogeny using mitochondrial DNA
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عنوان ژورنال: Heredity
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0018-067X
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6883360