A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Anthanassa tulcis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens117
BINs2
Marker genes1
Countries3
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus117 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 100% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)0.12%
Haplotypes5
BINs2
Most divergent pair0.30%
N.America
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type3 103 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 014
Museum / vouchered89
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 744 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy80% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 161≤1 km 653≤10 km 266>10 km 179
2 259 georeferenced · 755 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 014
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy63% within 1 km
≤100 m 11≤1 km 14≤10 km 13>10 km 2
40 georeferenced · 49 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence89
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions4 of 12 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
OSUClocation not on record
20
Washington, US
12
MZLUlocation not on record
9
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
6
Brussels, BE
6
Universidad del Valle de Guatemalalocation not on record
5
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record
5
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
4
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
3
Cambridge, US
1
Zürich, CH
1
Georgia Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
12 institutions · 73 of 89 vouchered records shown · 16 without an institution code
