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Predictors of Wing Attacks by Birds Across Australian Butterflies. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Predation pressure can vary latitudinally and across different prey communities as well as between males and females of the same prey species. Here, the variation in predation pressure on Australian butterflies was assessed using wing damage caused by bird attacks in over 2310 individuals from five butterfly families.
Daluwatta Galappaththige HSS, McLean DJ, Hämäläinen L, Dharmarathne C, Herberstein ME.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Evolutionary Changes of <i>GT1</i> Provide Insights Into the Adaptation of Butterflies to Plant Feeding. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We investigated the evolution of glycosyltransferase 1 (GT1) genes in 69 butterfly species to explore their association with host plant adaptation. Our results reveal frequent tandem duplications and adaptive selection in GT1s, especially in UGT33 and UGT40 subfamilies, alongside expression patterns suggesting functional diversification.
Wu J, Yan H, Tang W, Li Z, Chakraborty A, He Z, Zhou C, He S.   +7 more
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Are Toxic Butterflies More Easily Detected by Human 'Predators'? [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Aposematic signals are often thought to be conspicuous and stable across environments. Yet, butterflies can have distinct colours on their dorsal and ventral sides which contradict this prediction. We found that despite toxic butterflies having similar detectability on both sides, only dorsal detectability positively correlated with toxicity.
Erickson MF, McLean DJ, Herberstein ME.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Laboratory Rearing of \u3ci\u3eLycaeides Melissa Samuelis\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), An Endangered Butterfly in Michigan [PDF]

, 2017
The Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) is listed as a federally endangered species in the United States. It occurs in oak savanna and pine barren habitats from eastern Minnesota to New Hampshire.
Bauer, Leah S, Haack, Robert A, Herms, Catherine Papp, McCullough, Deborah G, Miller, Deborah L   +4 more
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The genetic structure of phenologically differentiated Large Blue (Maculinea arion) populations (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in the Carpathian Basin

European Journal of Entomology, 2011
The infraspecific taxonomy of the European populations of the Large Blue (Maculinea arion) is confusing. Several subspecies have been described mostly based on external morphological features.
Judit BERECZKI, János P. TÓTH, Andrea TÓTH, Edit BÁTORI, Katalin PECSENYE, Zoltán VARGA   +5 more
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Lepidoptera from the Pantepui. Part V. New Lycaenidae (Theclinae: Eumaeini) [PDF]

Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis, 2018
Two new species of butterfly (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Lycaenidae) from the Pantepui (Venezuela) are described; Ocaria faurei Bálint, Attal & Costa, sp. nov. and Strymon auyana Bálint, Benmesbah & Viloria, sp. nov.
Costa, Mauro, Viloria, Ángel L., Attal, Stéphane, Benmesbah, Mohamed, Benmesbah, Mohamed, Neidl, Andrew F.E., Bálint, Zsolt   +6 more
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Spatial Synchrony in Wisconsin Karner Blue (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Populations [PDF]

, 2018
We analyzed geographic patterns of Karner blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis Nabokov, Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) population fluctuations in summer broods in central and northwestern Wisconsin and spring+summer broods in central Wisconsin. We removed possible
Swengel, Ann B, Swengel, Scott R
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Geographical versus food plant differentiation in populations of Maculinea alcon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Northern Hungary

European Journal of Entomology, 2006
The taxonomic status of Alcon Blues in Central and Western Europe (conventionally: Maculinea alcon and M. rebeli) is confused. Some authors distinguish them as separate species within the M.
Judit BERECZKI, Katalin PECSENYE, Zoltán VARGA   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long-Term Population Monitoring of the Karner Blue (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Wisconsin, 1990-2004 [PDF]

, 2018
We monitored Wisconsin populations of the Karner blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis Nabokov, Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) during 1990-2004. We surveyed consecutive spring and summer broods in two contiguous central Wisconsin counties (Jackson, Wood), starting ...
Swengel, Ann B, Swengel, Scott R
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Polymorphic microsatellite loci in the endangered butterfly Lycaena helle (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2008
Six polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated in the endangered butterfly Lycaena helle. Five of them provided interpretable results. We detected four to 34 alleles per locus in a total of 235 samples (males and females) collected from meadows in the
Jan Christian HABEL, Aline FINGER, Marc MEYER, Thomas SCHMITT, Thorsten ASSMANN   +4 more
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