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Issue: Vol. 5636 No. 2: 16 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5636.2.9
Page range: 361-375
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Molecular phylogeny of Hipparchia Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with description of an overlooked species from the Zagros mountains, Iran

National Natural History Museum & Genetic Resources; Tehran; Iran
Frühlingstrasse 1; 63853 Mömlingen; Germany
Department of Biology; University of Padova; Padova; Italy
Lepidoptera Brush-footed butterflies Palearctic subgeneric classification new species

Abstract

Using sequence data from four nuclear genes alongside DNA barcodes, we reconstructed the evolutionary history of genus Hipparchia Fabricius, 1807. Our phylogeny supported the previously proposed subgeneric classification for the genus and revealed an overlooked taxon close to H. fatua (Freyer, 1845) from the Zagros mountain range in Western Iran, here described as a new species, Hipparchia lunulata sp. nov. We also confirm that the range of H. fatua sichaea (Lederer, 1857), originally described from Beirut, extends to the westernmost part of the Zagros mountains in Iran.

 

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How to Cite

Naderi, A., Hagen, W.T. & Nazari, V. (2025) Molecular phylogeny of Hipparchia Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with description of an overlooked species from the Zagros mountains, Iran. Zootaxa, 5636 (2), 361–375. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.2.9