Potential for interspecific hybridization between Zizina emelina and Zizina otis (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

• Published in: Journal of insect conservation Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 509 - 515
• Main Authors: Sakamoto, Yoshiko, Yago, Masaya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Ecology; Bacteria; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; butterflies; Butterflies & moths; Climate change; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Delay; ecological invasion; eggs; Endangered species; Entomology; Environmental changes; females; Global warming; habitats; Hatching; humans; Hybridization; hybrids; Interspecific; Interspecific hybridization; introgression; Japan; Larval development; Life Sciences; Lycaenidae; males; Mating; Original Paper; risk; secondary contact; Sibling species; Sympatric populations; Wolbachia; Zizina emelina; Zizina otis; Japan; Postzygotic isolation; Reproductive interference; Introgression; Geographic range expansion; Interbreeding

Environmental changes such as global warming and biological invasion caused by human activities raise the possibility of secondary contact between the endangered butterfly species Zizina emelina and its sibling species Zizina otis in Japan. To assess the possible risks from their habitats overlappin...