Zerynthia cassandra

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This species has long been considered a subspecies of zerynthia polyxena . Only recently Zinetti and associates (2013) have confirmed the existence of two genetic lines in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA level (see Nazari & Sperling, 2007). The spread of the two genetic lines follows the existence of two morphotypes to the male genitalia. One of the ...