title: Mitochondrial chromosome as a marker of animal migratory routes: DNA barcoding revealed Asian (non-African) origin of a tropical migrant butterflyJunonia orithyain south Israel.
abstract: The blue pansyJunonia orithyaLinnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) is widely distributed along the tropical areas of Africa, Asia and Australia. It is also known as a migrant species in the Levant. Here we recordJunonia orithyain south Israel and provide a DNA-barcode-based evidence for its Asian (non-African) origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Karyosystematics, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia; Department of Entomology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: Vladimir A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Lukhtanov
authors.affiliation: Department of Karyosystematics, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia; Department of Entomology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: Elena A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Pazhenkova
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Berman bldg, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Asya V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Novikova
keywords: COI; Iran; Jordan; Nymphalidae; barcode libraries; migration