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Table 2 Description of PCR primers used in this study

From: Mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenetic analysis with Sanger and next-generation sequencing shows that, in Área de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, the skipper butterfly named Urbanus belli(family Hesperiidae) comprises three morphologically cryptic species

Target

F primer

Primer sequence (5′-3′)

R primer

Primer sequence (5′-3′)

bp

Ref.

COI

LepF

ATTCAACCAATCATAAAGATATTGG

LepR

TAAACTTCTGGATGTCCAAAAAATCA

658

[12]

cytb

40 F

TGAATCTGAGGAGGGTTTGCIGT

560R

TCTACTGGGCGGGCTCCAATTCA

499

 

EF1α

Starsky

CACATYATTGTCGTSATYGG

Hutch

CTTGATGAAATCYCTGTGTCC

238

[23]

EF1α

Bo

GCTGAGCGYGARCGTGGTATCAC

Luke

CATRTTGTCKCCGTGCCAKCC

367

[23]

EF1α

Laverne

GAGGAAATYAARAAGGAAG

Verdi

GACACCAGTTTCAACTCTGCC

267

[24]

EF1α

BJ

CARGACGTATACAAAATCGG

Bear

GCAATGTGRGCIGTGTGGCA

319

[24]

ITS2

ITS2_d1F

GAACTGCAGGACACATGAAC

ITS4

TCCTCCGCTTATTGATATGC

variable

[25]