Projektnummer

0052511

Zusammenfassung

The goal of this project is to investigate whether different populations of Maculinea nausithous and M. teleius can be identified as cryptic species. The highly endangered populations of M. nausithous and M. teleius are small and fragmented; individuals have a high spatial fidelity and long distance migrations are rare. Consequently, the gene flow between populations is low and the evolution of reproduction isolating barriers is possible leading to the possible evolution of new species. The probability of intraspecific divergence between populations at the species- and population-level...