Publication Details |
Category | Text Publication |
Reference Category | Journals |
DOI | 10.4001/003.022.0205 |
Title (Primary) | First record of the cycad blue, Chilades pandava, in Egypt – a new invasive butterfly species in the Mediterranean region and on the African continent (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) |
Author | Fric, Z.; Dickinson, R.; Fetouh, G.; Larsen, T.B.; Schön, W.; Wiemers, M.
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Source Titel | African Entomology |
Year | 2014 |
Department | BZF |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 2 |
Page From | 315 |
Page To | 319 |
Language | englisch |
Keywords | invasive species; mitochondrial DNA; haplotype network; Cycas |
UFZ wide themes | RU1; |
Abstract | The cycad blue, Chilades pandava, is recorded from Egypt for the first time. According to molecular analysis, the species appears to have originated from South China or Northern Indochina, and was probably introduced with ornamental Cycas plants. |
Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=15314 |
Fric, Z., Dickinson, R., Fetouh, G., Larsen, T.B., Schön, W., Wiemers, M. (2014): First record of the cycad blue, Chilades pandava, in Egypt – a new invasive butterfly species in the Mediterranean region and on the African continent (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Afr. Entomol. 22 (2), 315 - 319 10.4001/003.022.0205 |