The significance of wing and body morphometry in discriminating six species of Eurema butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Peninsular Malaysia

Six species of Eurema butterflies comprised of 261 adult individuals collected from various sampling sites in Peninsular Malaysia were identified. The morphometric measurement of the specimens was carried out by using seven characters measured from the wing and body regions. Morphometric analysis wa...

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Main Authors:	Noor Azrizal Wahid, Mohd Sofian Azirun, Mohammed Rizman Idid
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10285/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10285/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10285/1/01%20Noor%20Azrizal.pdf

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spelling	ukm-102852017-04-06T08:43:18Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10285/ The significance of wing and body morphometry in discriminating six species of Eurema butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Peninsular Malaysia Noor Azrizal Wahid, Mohd Sofian Azirun, Mohammed Rizman Idid, Six species of Eurema butterflies comprised of 261 adult individuals collected from various sampling sites in Peninsular Malaysia were identified. The morphometric measurement of the specimens was carried out by using seven characters measured from the wing and body regions. Morphometric analysis was determined through the multivariate analysis of Discriminant Function Analysis (DFA) and Cluster Analysis. The results of DFA showed that two out of seven characters utilized have the lowest values of Partial’s Wilks Lambda; basal length and hindwing length. These characters therefore are significant for the discrimination of the Eurema species. The classification matrix shows that both E. hecabe and E. blanda were completely discriminated by the characters set. Moreover, there was great overlaps occurred between the species groups when plotting a conical graph except for species E. blanda that formed homogenous group. Basal length was also suggested as the species-specific character for grouping the species E. blanda. In Cluster Analysis, E. hecabe tends to be closer to E. sari with the lowest value of agglomeration. The results from dendogram generated from average linkage also showed several relationship patterns among the six species. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10285/1/01%20Noor%20Azrizal.pdf Noor Azrizal Wahid, and Mohd Sofian Azirun, and Mohammed Rizman Idid, (2016) The significance of wing and body morphometry in discriminating six species of Eurema butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Peninsular Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 45 (10). pp. 1413-1422. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol45num10_2016/contentsVol45num10_2016.html
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description	Six species of Eurema butterflies comprised of 261 adult individuals collected from various sampling sites in Peninsular Malaysia were identified. The morphometric measurement of the specimens was carried out by using seven characters measured from the wing and body regions. Morphometric analysis was determined through the multivariate analysis of Discriminant Function Analysis (DFA) and Cluster Analysis. The results of DFA showed that two out of seven characters utilized have the lowest values of Partial’s Wilks Lambda; basal length and hindwing length. These characters therefore are significant for the discrimination of the Eurema species. The classification matrix shows that both E. hecabe and E. blanda were completely discriminated by the characters set. Moreover, there was great overlaps occurred between the species groups when plotting a conical graph except for species E. blanda that formed homogenous group. Basal length was also suggested as the species-specific character for grouping the species E. blanda. In Cluster Analysis, E. hecabe tends to be closer to E. sari with the lowest value of agglomeration. The results from dendogram generated from average linkage also showed several relationship patterns among the six species.
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spellingShingle	Noor Azrizal Wahid, Mohd Sofian Azirun, Mohammed Rizman Idid, The significance of wing and body morphometry in discriminating six species of Eurema butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Peninsular Malaysia
author_facet	Noor Azrizal Wahid, Mohd Sofian Azirun, Mohammed Rizman Idid,
author_sort	Noor Azrizal Wahid,
title	The significance of wing and body morphometry in discriminating six species of Eurema butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Peninsular Malaysia
title_short	The significance of wing and body morphometry in discriminating six species of Eurema butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full	The significance of wing and body morphometry in discriminating six species of Eurema butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr	The significance of wing and body morphometry in discriminating six species of Eurema butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The significance of wing and body morphometry in discriminating six species of Eurema butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort	significance of wing and body morphometry in discriminating six species of eurema butterflies (lepidoptera: pieridae) of peninsular malaysia
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2016
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10285/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10285/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10285/1/01%20Noor%20Azrizal.pdf
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The significance of wing and body morphometry in discriminating six species of Eurema butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Peninsular Malaysia

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