Comparative Analysis of Mitogenomic and Nuclear Gene Data Reveals Phylogenetic Implications, Divergence Times, and Historical Biogeography in the Subfamily Pyrginae (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study examined the phylogeny and historical biogeography of the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae using mitochondrial and nuclear gene data from 118 species. The monophyly of Pyrginae was strongly supported, though some tribal relationships within the subfamily remain unresolved.
Xiao J, Hao X, Chiba H, Li Y, Yuan X.
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Geography of Life Histories in a Tropical Fauna: The Case of Indian Butterflies. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThe current study examines the butterfly species composition across India's 36 states and territories by utilising an updated checklist and ordination analyses. It incorporates life history traits to provide a deeper ecological understanding. Although India's butterfly fauna has been extensively researched, analyses based on trait composition are a ...
Das GN, Fric ZF, Konvicka M.
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Management Diversification Increases Habitat Availability for Lepidoptera Papilionoidea in the Torretes Biological Station (Spain) [PDF]
InsectsButterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea), considered bioindicators of habitat conservation status, are one of the groups used to assess the impact of habitat management and improvement efforts in the Biological Station of Torretes (Ibi, Alicante, Spain).
Javier Quinto +2 more
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Effects of the timing of grazing on insect diversity and insect-plant interactions in mountain grasslands. [PDF]
Ecol ApplAbstract Grazing is the common agricultural land‐use in mountain regions. It is of high socioeconomic importance but also essential for conservation as extensive mountain pastures are hotspots of biodiversity. Climate change is causing earlier growing seasons, prompting earlier livestock turnout.
Panassiti B +14 more
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A Snakemake Toolkit for the Batch Assembly, Annotation and Phylogenetic Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes and Ribosomal Genes From Genome Skims of Museum Collections. [PDF]
Mol Ecol ResourABSTRACT Low coverage ‘genome‐skims’ are often used to assemble organelle genomes and ribosomal gene sequences for cost‐effective phylogenetic and barcoding studies. Natural history collections hold invaluable biological information, yet poor preservation resulting in degraded DNA often hinders polymerase chain reaction‐based analyses.
White OW +4 more
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Faunistical records and annotations for a better knowledge of the Tajikistani moth and butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea, Papilionoidea) [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2021 On the basis of 3333 specimens, geographical, spatial and temporal records of 225 noctuid and 37 papilionoid Lepidoptera species are given for the better knowledge of the fauna of Tajikistan.
B. Benedek, J. Babics, Zs. Bálint
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Metapopulation Patterns of Iberian Butterflies Revealed by Fuzzy Logic
Insects, 2021 Metapopulation theory considers that the populations of many species are fragmented into patches connected by the migration of individuals through an interterritorial matrix.
Antonio Pulido-Pastor +4 more
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New records of rare butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) in Albania
Historia Naturalis Bulgarica, 2022 Field work conducted in 2016-2019 and 2022 contributed with additional data on 23 relatively rare species in Albania, including the second record of Cacyreus marshalli and the sixth record of Apatura metis.
Ana Nahirnić-Beshkova +2 more
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Phylogeny of Amorpheae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae) [PDF]
American Journal of Botany, 2004 The legume tribe Amorpheae comprises eight genera and 240 species with variable floral form. In this study, we inferred a phylogeny for Amorpheae using DNA sequence data from the plastid trnK intron, including matK, and the nuclear ribosomal ITS1, 5.8S, and ITS2.
Michelle, McMahon, Larry, Hufford
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The southern swallowtail, Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae): New butterfly species for the fauna of Serbia [PDF]
Kragujevac Journal of ScienceThis article reports the first finding of the Southern Swallowtail, Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in Serbia. The butterfly fauna of Serbia now comprises 202 species.
Vukajlović Filip N. +3 more
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