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Occurrence and significance of natural hybrids between Papilio dardanus and P.phorcas (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
Author(s) -
EWRIGHT R. I.,
SMITH CAMPBELL R.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1992.tb00337.x
Subject(s) - biology , allopatric speciation , sympatry , hybrid , lepidoptera genitalia , zoology , sympatric speciation , evolutionary biology , ecology , botany , population , demography , sociology
. Species can exchange genes through occasional hybridization. As a result, and contrary to some expectations, closely related species may be genetically more compatible in sympatry than in allopatry. This could be so for two well‐known African swallowtails, Papilio dardanus Brown and P.phorcas Cramer. Five natural hybrids between the two species are documented, their significance is discussed, and further information requested.