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
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