Not Too Warm, Not Too Cold: Thermal Treatments to Slightly Warmer or Colder Conditions from Mother’s Origin Can Enhance Performance of Montane Butterfly Larvae [PDF]
Biology, 2022 Climate change alters organismal performance via shifts in temperature. However, we know little about the relative fitness impacts of climate variability and how cold-adapted ectotherms mediate these effects.
Konstantina Zografou +3 more
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Exploring Cold Hardiness within a Butterfly Clade: Supercooling Ability and Polyol Profiles in European Satyrinae [PDF]
Insects, 2022 The cold hardiness of overwintering stages affects the distribution of temperate and cold-zone insects. Studies on Erebia, a species-rich cold-zone butterfly genus, detected unexpected diversity of cold hardiness traits.
Pavel Vrba +5 more
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The genome sequence of the scotch argus butterfly, Erebia aethiops (Esper, 1777) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open Research, 2022 We present a genome assembly from an individual female Erebia aethiops (the scotch argus; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). The genome sequence is 473 megabases in span.
Hannah Augustijnen +3 more
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Prevalence and relationship of endosymbiotic Wolbachia in the butterfly genus Erebia [PDF]
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Background Wolbachia is an endosymbiont common to most invertebrates, which can have significant evolutionary implications for its host species by acting as a barrier to gene flow.
Kay Lucek +4 more
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Coping with Environmental Extremes: Population Ecology and Behavioural Adaptation of Erebia pronoe, an Alpine Butterfly Species [PDF]
Insects, 2021 A mark-recapture study of the nominotypical Erebia pronoe in the Alps was conducted to survey its ecological demands and characteristics. Population structure analysis revealed a combination of protandry (one-week earlier eclosion of males) and serial ...
Martin Wendt +3 more
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The genome sequence of the Arran brown, Erebia ligea (Linnaeus, 1758) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open Research, 2022 We present a genome assembly from an individual male Erebia ligea (Arran brown; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). The genome sequence is 506 megabases in span.
Alex Hayward +4 more
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Co‐Occurring Sister Taxa of Mountain Butterflies Exhibit Distinct Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionInvisible to human perception, differentiation in chemical traits such as insects cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) might contribute to speciation. The species‐rich mountain butterfly genus Erebia represents a well‐established model for studying speciation ...
Irena Kleckova +5 more
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Pronounced mito-nuclear discordance and various Wolbachia infections in the water ringlet Erebia pronoe have resulted in a complex phylogeographic structure [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Several morphological and mitochondrial lineages of the alpine ringlet butterfly species Erebia pronoe have been described, indicating a complex phylogenetic structure.
Martin Wendt +4 more
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The genome sequence of Erebia montana Berg-Mohrenfalter (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Erebia montana (Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 597.21 megabases and 499.88 megabases.
Charlotte J. Wright +4 more
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Low winter precipitation, but not warm autumns and springs, threatens mountain butterflies in middle-high mountains [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Low-elevation mountains represent unique model systems to study species endangered by climate warming, such as subalpine and alpine species of butterflies.
Martin Konvicka +6 more
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