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On Linnaeus’ (1764) butterfly type materials missing from the Museum of Evolution of Uppsala University (Section of Zoology) and the case of Papilio hermione [PDF]
Nota LepidopterologicaWe briefly analyse the history of Queen Ulrika’s and of Linnaeus’ butterfly collections. We show that the type materials of some species were likely moved from Queen Ulrika’s to Linnaeus’ collection before 1803. We provide evidence that Honey and Scoble (
Emilio Balletto +4 more
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Variation in butterfly larval acoustics as a strategy to infiltrate and exploit host ant colony resources. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 About 10,000 arthropods live as ants' social parasites and have evolved a number of mechanisms allowing them to penetrate and survive inside the ant nests. Many of them can intercept and manipulate their host communication systems.
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Queen Ants Make Distinctive Sounds That Are Mimicked by a Butterfly Social Parasite
Science, 2009 Ants dominate terrestrial ecosystems through living in complex societies whose organization is maintained via sophisticated communication systems. The role of acoustics in information exchange may be underestimated. We show that Myrmica schencki queens generate distinctive sounds that elicit ...
F. Barbero +4 more
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PLoS BiologySupergenes can evolve when recombination-suppressing mechanisms like inversions promote co-inheritance of alleles at two or more polymorphic loci that affect a complex trait.
Rishi De-Kayne +6 more
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Courtship behavior of the queen butterfly, Danaus gilippus berenice (Cramer)
Zoologica : scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society., 1965 L. Brower, J. V. Brower
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First Detection of Honeybee Pathogenic Viruses in Butterflies
Insects, 2022 Several pathogens are important causes of the observed pollinator decline, some of which could be transmitted between different pollinator species. To determine whether honeybee viruses can be transmitted to butterflies, a total of 120 butterflies were ...
Metka Pislak Ocepek +4 more
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Phenotypic Plasticity: What Has DNA Methylation Got to Do with It?
Insects, 2022 How does one genome give rise to multiple, often markedly different, phenotypes in response to an environmental cue? This phenomenon, known as phenotypic plasticity, is common amongst plants and animals, but arguably the most striking examples are seen ...
Elizabeth J. Duncan +2 more
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Journal of Insect Conservation, 2022 Abstract Introduction Eastern migratory monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have declined over 80% in recent years, but little is known about fall reproduction in the southern U.S. where monarchs may compete with queen butterflies (Danaus gilippus).
Alyx Scott +4 more
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Whole-chromosome hitchhiking driven by a male-killing endosymbiont.
PLoS Biology, 2020 Neo-sex chromosomes are found in many taxa, but the forces driving their emergence and spread are poorly understood. The female-specific neo-W chromosome of the African monarch (or queen) butterfly Danaus chrysippus presents an intriguing case study ...
Simon H Martin +13 more
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2009 Background The increase in availability of genomic sequences for a wide range of organisms has revealed gene duplication to be a relatively common event.
Liswi Saif W +4 more
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