Wolbachia Host Shifts and Widespread Occurrence of Reproductive Manipulation Loci in European Butterflies [PDF]
Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 21, November 2025.ABSTRACT Wolbachia is the most frequent bacterial endosymbiont of arthropods and nematodes. Although it is mostly vertically transmitted, from parent to offspring through the egg cytoplasm, horizontal transfer of Wolbachia is thought to be common over evolutionary timescales.
Eric Toro‐Delgado +5 more
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A microbial view on secondary contact between two Alpine butterflies [PDF]
BMC Ecology and EvolutionBackground Widespread sympatry between sibling species can be limited if they are ecologically too close, potentially leading to the formation of narrow zones of secondary contact.
Pelin Taş, Arnaud Mouly, Kay Lucek
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Unrecorded Butterfly Species and Potential Local Extinctions: The Role of Citizen Science and Sampling [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 2, February 2025.30,351 data from 1825 to 2022 were used to assess community changes in Aosta Valley. 2.9% of the butterfly community risks extinction. Butterfly extinction risks increase when the altitudinal range decreases. ABSTRACT Estimating species extinction risk is crucial to reverse biodiversity loss and to adopt proper conservation measures.
S. Alberti +7 more
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Wing morphology and eyespot pattern of Erebia medusa (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) vary along an elevation gradient in the Carpathian Mountains [PDF]
Nota Lepidopterologica, 2022 Butterfly wings play a crucial role during flight, but also in thermoregulation, intraspecific signalling and interaction with predators, all of which vary across different habitat types and may be reflected in wing morphology or colour pattern.
Barbora Mikitová +2 more
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Mitochondrial DNA-based phylogeography of the large ringlet Erebia euryale (Esper, 1805) suggests recurrent Alpine-Carpathian disjunctions during Pleistocene (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) [PDF]
Nota Lepidopterologica, 2022 Most species of the butterfly genus Erebia are high altitude specialists, in which territorial fragmentation is associated with distinct genetic patterns.
Frans Cupedo, Camiel Doorenweerd
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European Journal of Entomology, 2017 Understanding the factors restricting the distribution of some insect species to high altitudes is hindered by poor knowledge of temporal changes in their cold hardiness during overwintering.
Pavel VRBA +3 more
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Graellsia, 2007 Se aporta información sobre 18 especies de ropalóceros presentes en la Comunidad Valenciana y provincia de Teruel. Algunas de estas especies se dan a conocer por vez primera de esta región, como es el caso de Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758), Erebia ...
S. Montagud, J. A. García-Alamá
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Новые находки чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) для Архангельской области (Россия)
Амурский зоологический журнал, 2023 Фауна чешуекрылых Архангельской области (без арктических архипелагов) насчитывает 1188 видов. В этой статье мы приводим первые находки четырех видов для фауны области: Boloria frigga (Thunberg, 1791), Gynaephora selenitica (Esper, 1789), Sympistis ...
Виталий Михайлович Спицын
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The genome sequence of the Common Brassy Ringlet, Erebia cassioides (Reiner & Hohenwarth, 1792) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) [PDF]
Research Ideas and OutcomesWe present a chromosome-level genome assembly from a female specimen of the Common Brassy Ringlet Erebia cassioides (Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae).
Camille Cornet, Kay Lucek
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Acta Biologica Sibirica, 2023 New localities for six species of plants (Achillea schmakovii, Botrychium lunaria, Cystopteris altajensis, Euphrasia altaica, Agrostis tuvinica and Calamagrostis × thyrsoidea), five species of lichens (Bacidina phacodes, Leptogium burnetiae, Melanelixia ...
Evgeny A. Davydov +9 more
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