Molecular Population Structure of Junonia Butterflies from French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique

Figure 1

Phylogenetic tree depicting the two distinct mitochondrial COI haplotype groups found among New World Junonia. Group A haplotypes occur primarily in South America and the Caribbean. Group B haplotypes occur throughout the Western Hemisphere but are most common in North and Central America. Most Junonia species include individuals with both haplotypes. Only J. “flirtea” and J. vestina possess exclusively group A haplotypes, while only J. coenia and J. evarete nigrosuffusa possess exclusively group B haplotypes. In this figure, the entire haplotype Group B clade has been translated horizontally so that the tree fits better on the page. The dotted portion of the line connecting this clade to the tree is not included in calculations of sequence distances.