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Muschampia cribrellum (Eversmann, 1841) new to the Greek butterfly fauna and found in an unexpected alpine ecosystem (Lepidoptera : Hesperiidae)

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Muschampia cribrellum is reported for the first time from Greece and, sur-prisingly, in the alpine zone (2300 m). Three males were captured in unexpected alpine-like biotope in Olympus Mt, and also in south Greece in Oeta Mt. These Greek isolated populations are located about 220 km south of the nearest previ-ously known places (Suva Planina, 30 km West of Skopje, Republic of Macedonia). The determi-nation of Greek specimens has been confirmed by phenotypic characters, genitalia as well as DNA analyses (COI gene). The updated distribution map shows all known localities of Muschampia cribrellum from the Balkan Peninsula, which ap-pears to be the
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uschampia cribrellum
      
       
     -
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
 
       

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      
     
      Muschampia
cribrellum
         
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uschampia cribrellum
 

       
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M. cribrellum      
       
       
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         


 
       
genitalia
M. cribrellum

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      
       
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Muschampia, cribrellum 
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uschampia cribrellum 
     
        
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       
      

 et al. 

  et al.,     
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
      
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  et al.     
    
        

    M. cribrel-
lum       --
       


M. cribrellum

        

   M. cribrellum 
  -  
-
Muschampia
cribrellum 

     
 
  Όλυμπος),   


       
--
    ’49.21” ’8.42”

’4.65”’37.64”
--
  Οίτη
M.
cribrellum      
   ’26.89’’ 
14’31.05’’
Muschampia cribrellum


 -
- -

 M. cribrellum
----
--
Muschampia cribrellum

Muschampia cribrellum

Muschampia cribrellum
4’ 4.65” 19’ 37.64” 

Muschampia cribrellum
Muschampia cribrellum 

MUSCHAMPIA CRIBRELLUM
IN GREECE
 
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      
 M. cribrellum    

    



 M. cribrellum

       
Erebia me-
las      Parnassius mne-
mosyne     


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-

M. cribrellum     
      -
      
      Potentilla sp. 
      Potentilla deorum
 
Potentilla      -
Potentilla kionaea
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
   - 

      

et al.
et al.
        
       

       
  - 

     
     
    

MUSCHAMPIA CRIBRELLUM
IN GREECE
Muschampia cribrellum








  Muschampia cribrellum  

4.65’’’37.64’’--leg

♂, 
   Muschampia cribrellum 
      
’4.65’’ ’37.64’’ --  
leg, 
      ♂,   
  Muschampia cribrellum  
       
4’4.65’’ ’37.64’’ --  
leg, 
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
      
M. cribrellum
      
M. tessellum
M. proto
    Carcharodus alceae
       Mus-
champia       
-
 -    
-
       
    et al.  
      

      
-      

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
et al    - 

 M. cribrellum      
     
 Muschampia   -
 M. tessellum  M.
cribrellum      

     

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     

         
      
    

     
      

      
cribrellun      


     -
     
        
     
     
Wolbachia
   M. cribrellum
      


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     
       
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


       -

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
MUSCHAMPIA CRIBRELLUM
IN GREECE
  -  

M. cribrellum 

MUSCHAMPIA CRIBRELLUM
IN GREECE
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      
 -   
   -   
 Methods in Molecular Biology:
Environmental Genetics 

      - 
      
 Muschampiacribrellum
         
. Nota Lepidopterologica,
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       
 -       

-Proceedings of the Royal Entomo-
logical Society of London (Series B)-
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
-    - 
    -
      -
      Scientific
Reports
 -
       
Jarrold and sons Ltd. Ed., Norwich
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 -     
   
 Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou -
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-
    Evolution  
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 -     
     
   ThesisEkaterinburg
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    -   
        
 Moscow
    -
     Collins London
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     -
  -   
Molecular Ecology Notes
 -
 -      
   - František Slamka Ed.,
Bratislava
 -
    Zaštita prirode 
(12): 7187
  -Muschampia cribrellum

 Muschampia    
Phegea(1): 1521.
-
      
SchwanfeldGermany
 -   Syrichtus   
Pyrgus      
 Acta entomologica Jugoslavica
 (12): 3341.
     -  
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... However, due to the lack of sufficient series of collected specimens, it was impossible to confirm the subspecies status of these newly discovered populations. Moreover, DNA analysis could not demonstrate any subspeciation, but a biological cline was initially suspected (Davkov & Mérit, 2017). ...
... The DNA analyses (Davkov & Mérit, 2017) do not show any difference between the Greek specimens and all other analyzed specimens. ...
... As initially suspected (Davkov & Mérit, 2017), M. cribrellum inexpectata ssp. nova occurrence correlates with the presence of the endemic Potentilla deorum, Boiss. ...
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