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The Coevolution of Colour Patterns and Hindwing Shapes on a Large Phylogenetic Scale Reveals Predation‐Driven Adaptive Syndromes in Swallowtail Butterflies

Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 1, January 2026.
By combining computer vision and morphometrics on museum specimens, we show that hindwing tail shape and colour patterns evolved in concert across swallowtails. Long‐tailed species display contrasted stripes and marginal spots, suggesting coevolution of deflective traits promoted by natural selection by predators.
Agathe Puissant, Ariane Chotard, Fabien L. Condamine, Vincent Debat, Violaine Llaurens   +4 more
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Effects of elevation and microclimatic temperatures on butterfly–flower interaction networks in a Mediterranean mountain range

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 19, Issue 1, Page 93-105, January 2026.
We tested how elevation and microclimate influenced butterfly–flower interaction networks at the hottest time of year in a Mediterranean mountain range. Interactions were dominated at all sites by one or two abundant butterfly and flower species, but butterfly networks were more robust to plant species loss at higher elevations. Nectar availability may
Mario Álamo, Mario Mingarro, Robert J. Wilson, Hugo Alejandro Álvarez   +3 more
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Conservation strategy insights for three protected Phengaris butterflies combining population genomics and landscape analyses

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 19, Issue 1, Page 172-184, January 2026.
Phengaris butterflies depend on specific wetland habitats, host plants and ant species, making them highly vulnerable and protected across Europe. Population genomics and resistance mapping combined to assess genetic structure and habitat connectivity in fragmented landscapes.
Jérémy Gauthier, Annabelle Sueur, Camille Pitteloud, Rémi Clément, Julia Bilat, Nadir Alvarez, Nicolas Gorius, Delphine Danancher   +7 more
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Genomic analysis of Plebejus Kluk (Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae) clarifies taxonomy within Europe

Systematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, January‐March 2026.
The first genomic analysis for the genus Plebejus in Europe is presented, based on ddRAD sequencing data comprising all European Plebejus plus some Asian and North American taxa. Plebejus idas is recovered as paraphyletic, Plebejus corsicus as a subspecies of Plebejus argus and Plebejus villai as a population of Plebejus bellieri, totalling 4 species ...
Eric Toro‐Delgado, Jérémy Gauthier, Joan C. Hinojosa, Vlad Dincă, Leonardo Dapporto, Gerard Talavera, Nadir Álvarez, Roger Vila   +7 more
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Increasing patch area, proximity of human settlement and larval food plants positively affect the occurrence and local population size of the habitat specialist butterfly Polyommatus coridon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in fragmented calcareous grasslands

European Journal of Entomology, 2011
Which factors influence the occurrence, population size and density of species in fragmented habitat patches are key questions in population and conservation ecology.
Zuzanna M. ROSIN, Piotr SKÓRKA, Magdalena LENDA, Dawid MORON, Tim H. SPARKS, Piotr TRYJANOWSKI   +5 more
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Iolaus newporti, a new species of Lycaenidae from Nigeria (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

, 1994
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae

Metamorphosis
Master lists.
T. Colin E. Congdon, Ivan Bampton, Steve C. Collins   +2 more
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A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae

, 1895
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Patch size and connectivity influence the population turnover of the threatened chequered blue butterfly, Scolitantides orion (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2008
Chequered blue butterfly, Scolitantides orion (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) has severely declined in many parts of Europe and is currently red-listed in many countries.
Atte KOMONEN, Tuuli TIKKAMÄKI, Niina MATTILA, Janne S. KOTIAHO   +3 more
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New records of Lepidoptera on the South of the West Siberian Plain: report on 2024 field season

Acta Biologica Sibirica
Fourteen species of Sesiidae Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Satyridae, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Erebidae and Noctuidae are reported from the territory of Omsk and Novosibirsk Regions of Russia. Chamaesphecia crassicornis Bartel, 1912 is new to Asian part of Russia,
Svyatoslav V. Knyazev, Vadim I. Ivonin
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