Stradomsky B.V.1, Yakovlev R.V.2, Fomina E.S.3 2019. Molecular genetic confirmation of the subspecies status of blues Agriades orbitulus pheretimus (Staudinger, 1892) and A. orbitulus jugnei Churkin, 2004 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae) // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.28. No.2: 186–188 [in English].
1 Rostov branch of Russian Entomological Society, PO Box 3318, 344092 Rostov-na-Donu, Russia. E-mail: bvstr@yandex.ru
2 Altai State University, Prospect Lenina 61, 656049 Barnaul, Russia. E-mail: yakovlev_asu@mail.ru
3 Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chekhov str. 41, Rostov-on-Don 344006, Russia.
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.28.2.12
ABSTRACT. When analyzing gene sequences COI and ITS2, we revealed minor differences (in COI) between the following taxa: Agriades orbitulus orbitulus (de Prunner, 1798), A. orbitulus pheretimus (Staudinger, 1892) and A. orbitulus jugnei Churkin, 2004, which confirms the subspecies status of these blues.
KEY WORDS: fauna, COI, ITS2, entomology, South Siberia, Mongolia.