Phylogenetic relationships among seven Pieridae genera based on partial sequences of the COⅠ and Cytb genes
Author of the article:QIAO Feng , CHEN Zhen-Ning**, CHEN Zhi**, XIE Hui-Chun, SHANG Jun ,KE-Jun
Author's Workplace：(Educational Key Lab of Environment and Resource in Qinghai-Tibet Platean, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, China)
Key Words： Pieridae, COⅠ gene, Cytb gene, phylogenetic relationships
Abstract：
[Objectives] The phylogenetic relationships among 7 genera of butterflies in the Pieridae were investigated. [Methods] Based on partial sequences of the COⅠ ( 609 bp) and Cytb ( 393 bp) genes, and with 2 species of Satyrinae as the outgroup, phylogenetic relationships were analyzed and reconstructed with the UPGMA and ME methods. [Results] The molecular phylogenetic trees showed that Coenonympha amaryllis and Aphantopus hyperantu were an outgroup; Pieris, Pontia, Anthocharis, Gonepteryx, Aporis,Colias were, a group; Pontia and Pieris were a sister-group, Aporia and Mesapia were a group with a close relationship, Gonepteryx and Anthocharis were a sister-group.