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I thought some of you may be interested.

One Species, Hundreds of Subspecies? New Insight into the Intraspecific Classification of the Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758) Based on Two Mitochondrial DNA Markers

I'll admit that I only skimmed it.

Several of the taxon names are spelt incorrectly and probably at least some are misidentified, but it will contain useful information.

Adam.

adamcotton wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:26 am Several of the taxon names are spelt incorrectly and probably at least some are misidentified, but it will contain useful information.

Adam.

That's ironic because part of what I skimmed had the authors pointing out the confusion caused by historical misspellings being perpetuated even until now.