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Bloom evenness modulates the influence of bloom abundance on insect community structure in suburban gardens [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2021
As land use change drives global insect declines, the value of enhancing habitat in urban and suburban landscapes has become increasingly important for flower-visiting insects.
Elizabeth Y. Braatz   +7 more
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Population Genetic Structure of a Rare Butterfly in a Fragmented South Florida Ecosystem

open access: yesInsects, 2023
We investigated the genetic structure and diversity between populations of a rare butterfly, the Florida duskywing (Ephyriades brunnea floridensis E. Bell and W.
Emily Heffernan   +5 more
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Integrative taxonomic revision of Capilla Grishin, 2023, subgenus of Staphylus Godman & Salvin, 1896 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Pyrginae, Carcharodini), with descriptions of four new species [PDF]

open access: yesArthropod Systematics & Phylogeny
The taxonomy of the subgenus Staphylus (Capilla) is reviewed, including redescriptions of known species, identification keys, and detailed distribution maps. The female genitalia of Staphylus (Capilla) azteca (Scudder, 1872), S.
José Ricardo Assmann Lemes   +4 more
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Blue Morpho Butterfly Morpho peleides Kollar (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

open access: yesEDIS, 2015
The blue morpho butterfly, also known as the peleides blue morpho or common blue morpho, is a brightly colored butterfly abundant in tropical environments in Central and South America.
Haleigh A. Ray, Jacqueline Y. Miller
doaj   +5 more sources

NOTES ON LEPIDOPTERA [PDF]

open access: yesThe Canadian Entomologist, 1876
The larva of Thyreus Abbottii possesses a peculiar interest to the Entomologist, as it is the only species of which the sex is supposed to be indicated by the coloration. Frequent reference to this is found in works of different authors, and nowhere have I seen any doubt expressed about the validity of the distinguishing markings between ♂ and ♀ (vide ...
openaire   +1 more source

Light environment drives evolution of color vision genes in butterflies and moths

open access: yesCommunications Biology, 2021
Yash Sondhi et al. annotate the genomes and transcriptomes of 175 Lepidoptera species and identify 14 independent opsin duplications associated with bright environments.
Yash Sondhi   +4 more
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Revision of the poorly known Neotropical butterfly genus Zischkaia Forster, 1964 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), with descriptions of nine new species

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy, 2019
We provide the first comprehensive taxonomic revision of the poorly known South American butterfly genus Zischkaia Forster, 1964, hitherto regarded as including three described species.
Shinichi Nakahara   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Better Understanding the Potential Importance of Florida Roadside Breeding Habitat for the Monarch

open access: yesInsects, 2018
The North American monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) population has declined significantly over the past two decades. Among the many other factors, loss of breeding habitat has been implicated as a potential leading driver.
Jaret Daniels   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Lepidoptera of Ceylon” [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1882
ALLOW us to correct a slight error in the address of the President of the Royal Society, as reported in NATURE last week. He speaks of the “completion” of the “Lepidoptera of Ceylon” having been presented to the Library, whereas it is only the first of the three volumes of that work which is as yet complete.
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Contribution to knowledge of the Balkan Lepidoptera (Lepidoptera: Macrolepidoptera)

open access: yesEcologica Montenegrina, 2020
One species Caradrina draudti (Boursin, 1936) is reported here as a new for continental Europe, one species is new for the Balkan Peninsula and Bulgaria, one species is confirmed for the Balkan Peninsula, two species are new for the Republic of North Macedonia and two others are reported for the second time from this country.
Beshkov, Stoyan, Nahirnić-Beshkova, Ana
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