Blooming Urban Table: Flower Resources for Butterflies in Small Wastelands of a Large European City [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionInsect–flower relationships are among the most important ecological interactions occurring in the terrestrial ecosystem. In urban areas, such interactions are often disturbed or altered.
Sylwia Pietrzak, Krzysztof Pabis
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Are Toxic Butterflies More Easily Detected by Human ‘Predators’? [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionButterfly colours often signal unprofitability due to toxicity to predators, with more conspicuous colour signals increasing predator avoidance learning.
Marilia Fernandes Erickson +2 more
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Butterfly Diversity in a Sacred Kaya Forest in Southern Kenya [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionHabitat destruction and the deterioration of habitat quality are among the main drivers causing worldwide biodiversity loss. The lowland tropical dry forests of the East African coastal region, a hotspot of endemism, have been negatively affected by ...
Laura Wagner +4 more
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Integrative analysis reveals cryptic speciation linked to habitat differentiation within Albanian populations of the anomalous blues (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatus Latreille, 1804) [PDF]
Comparative Cytogenetics, 2022 The Balkan Peninsula is one of the greatest hotspots for biodiversity in Europe. While the region has been investigated thoroughly, some parts remain understudied and may still harbour undiscovered diversity, even in well-studied organisms such as ...
Laurian Parmentier +2 more
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Endothelial dysfunction in patients with various forms of congenital epidermolysis bullosa
Учёные записки Санкт-Петербургского государственного медицинского университета им. Акад. И.П. Павлова, 2022 Introduction. The endothelial system is an important component of vascular-platelet hemostasis, capable of actively responding to mechanical and inflammatory agents.
V. I. Kornev +3 more
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Body size and diet breadth drive local extinction risk in butterflies
Heliyon, 2022 Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths, are significant pollinators and ecosystem health indicators. Therefore, monitoring their diversity, distribution, and extinction risks are of critical importance.
Anwar Palash +3 more
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Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Perceptions of, and attitudes toward, wildlife are influenced by exposure to, and direct experiences with, nature. Butterflies are a conspicuous and ubiquitous component of urban nature across megacities that are highly urbanized with little opportunity ...
Voon-Ching Lim +14 more
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Finding the forgotten gems: revisiting the butterflies of Matheran after 125 years with introduction to novel colour barcode for depicting seasons and activity of the Indian butterflies [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2020 We present here an updated checklist for the butterflies of Matheran, Maharashtra, India, an eco-sensitive zone, with identification remarks for locally rare or very rare butterflies.
Mandar Sawant +2 more
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K+ excretion: the other purpose for puddling behavior in Japanese Papilio butterflies. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 To elucidate the purpose of butterfly puddling, we measured the amounts of Na+, K+, Ca2+, and Mg2+ that were absorbed or excreted during puddling by male Japanese Papilio butterflies through a urine test.
Takashi A Inoue +6 more
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Early stages and larval host plants of some northeastern Indian butterflies
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018 Eastern Himalaya and northeastern India are part of two global biodiversity hotspots, yet the critical butterfly-plant associations and early stages of most butterfly species in this region are poorly recorded.
Tarun Karmakar +15 more
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