Viceroys and Red-spotted Admirals

Bob Parcelles,Jr. rjparcelles at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 23 10:58:58 EDT 2002


Sean,

I am doing work in west central Florida, particularly in the
Withacaloohee State forest. I currently have been "Collecting" only
odes my behavioral studies with leps are past the collecting stages
since I know what I am working with. I have access to large numbers
of L archippus and L. arthemus. I will research and learn ssp
populations of the viceroy. Any documents to aid in this would be
appreciated.

Please Send Materials to:

C2M Institute of Ecological Studies
% Bob Parcelles, Jr.
93085 6th St. 
Pinellas Park, Fl 33782

Bob
(727) 548-9775


--- Sean Patrick Mullen <spm23 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> I apologize for cross-posting but I'm trying to reach as broad an 
> audience as possible.  Please forward this email to individuals you
> 
> feel may be interested in helping out.
> 
> As many of you may know, I am working the the intraspecific (within
> 
> species) genetic population structure of Limenitis arthemis (what
> is 
> currently referred to as the "Red-spotted Admrial") and Limenitis 
> archippus (The viceroy and its many subspecies).
> 
> Thanks largely to the help of individuals on Leps-List, I was able
> to 
> obtain a fairly good geographic sample of L. arthemis last year but
> a 
> few holes remain and I need L. archippus from just about
> everywhere.
> 
> So, why should you all want to help.  The main reason is that these
> 
> are really gorgeous butterflies that are a blast to catch.  A more 
> scientific reason is that I'm finding some really interesting 
> population structure in both of these species.  I plan to present
> my 
> phylogeography study of L. arthemis this summer at both LepSoc and 
> the Evolution meetings but I'll give you a bit of a preview to wet 
> your appetites.
> 
> Limenits arthemis, the "Red-spotted Admiral", has a huge geographic
> 
> range extending from Alaska south across the Canadian plains and 
> downward through the Great Lakes and New England.  This "species" 
> occurs as far south as northern Florida and a disjunct, allopatric,
> 
> population is found in New Mexico, Arizona, parts of Texas, and 
> northern Mexico.   My initial work has found a deep divergence 
> between southern Red-spotted Purple forms west of the Appalachian 
> Mountains and more northern Red-spotted Admirals.  My current
> working 
> hypothesis is that population expansion from glacial refugia has 
> dominated the biogeography of the northern white-banded forms. 
> Ongoing hybridization across New England has led to more 
> introgression of northern mitochondrial haplotypes east of the 
> Appalachians on the Atlantic coastal plain states.  In addition,
> the 
> few specimens I have from Arizona, while clearly related to the 
> southern clade, represent a very distinct mtDNA lineage. I won't go
> 
> into the Viceroy results because I don't have enough data yet to
> make 
> any definite conclusions.
> 
> So, if you're interested in helping out let me know.  I happily 
> supply 2-ml vials with ethanol and glassine envelopes to all 
> interested parties and 3-5 individuals from any given locality is 
> sufficient for my needs...although larger population samples are
> also 
> very useful.  In terms of geography, I need samples from the
> southern 
> coastal states (Florida, Georgia, NC, SC, VA, etc.) and the
> Canadian 
> provinces with the exception of Alberta (although I wouldn't turn
> any 
> sample down). Additional samples from regions south of the Great 
> lakes would also help (Iowa, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
> Alabama, Illinois, or Indiana...I have samples from Arkansas and 
> Kentucky ). I only have 4 individuals from the southwestern 
> populations, so samples from that region would be welcome too. 
> Viceroys, I need from everywhere:).
> 
> Hmm, I sounds like I need them from everywhere doesn't it!  I have
> a 
> fairly broad scale sample but I'd like to improve the resolution to
> 
> more clearly delineate the boundaries of major mitochondrial
> lineages 
> within this putative species.  Well, I've rambled on for long
> enough 
> I guess.  It may be weeks to months before you see these
> butterflies, 
> depending on where in North America you reside but I wanted to put 
> out this request in advance so that I would have time to mail 
> volunteers the appropriate storage materials.  Thanks for hearing
> me 
> out.
> 
> 
> Sean
> 
> P.S.- For those curious, I'm a grad student at Cornell University
> and 
> these specimens will be used as part of my dissertation research. 
> I'm glad to answer any questions via private email.
> -- 


=====
Bob Parcelles, Jr
Pinellas Park, FL
RJP Associates & Clean Millennium Movement (C2M)
rjparcelles at yahoo.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturepotpourri
"Change your thoughts and you change your world."
- Norman Vincent Peale

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