How to translate text using browser tools
9 February 2018 Allozyme Analyses of Two Closely Related Species of Eurema Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) That Cannot Be Identified With Mitochondrial DNA Sequences
Masashi Nomura, Yoshiomi Kato
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

The Japanese fauna of the yellow butterfly Eurema hecabe (L.) (Lepidoptera; Pieridae) populations in Ryukyu area (Southwestern Islands) were shown to differ from their Mainlands population (Honshu) in its seasonal forms of adult wing color pattern expression and in larval food habits. Recently, E. hecabe was divided into two species, E. hecabe and Eurema mandarina (de l'Orza) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), based on their morphological, behavioral and genetic characteristics. However, whereas these two species are classified into two distinct groups based on nuclear DNA, both species are mixed in the phylogenetic tree from their mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences. The reason is a selective sweep by Wolbachia infection, and they can not be distinguished by DNA barcode method using mtDNA. We analyzed allozyme variation as a nuclear gene phenotype in 15 loci from 11 enzymes of the two closely related butterflies. Examining the esterase zymogram of each population, appearance frequency of Est-2 locus in each population varied greatly. E. mandarina showed the bands but E. hecabe showed no bands in Est-2 locus. The UPGMA and NJ phylogenetic trees branched out into two species—E. hecabe and E. mandarina—although their habitat overlapped in Okinawajima Is. populations. The results showed that the allozyme analyses were not affected by the selective sweep of Wolbachia infection between these two species.

© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
Masashi Nomura and Yoshiomi Kato "Allozyme Analyses of Two Closely Related Species of Eurema Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) That Cannot Be Identified With Mitochondrial DNA Sequences," Annals of the Entomological Society of America 111(2), 73-78, (9 February 2018). https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/say001
Received: 10 September 2017; Accepted: 5 January 2018; Published: 9 February 2018
JOURNAL ARTICLE
6 PAGES

This article is only available to subscribers.
It is not available for individual sale.
+ SAVE TO MY LIBRARY

KEYWORDS
allozyme analysis
Eurema hecabe
Eurema mandarina
mitochondral DNA
zymogram
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission
Back to Top