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Family Pieridae - Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows
A review of three species-level taxa of the Anthocharis sara complex (Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pierinae: Anthocharidini) By Stout, T.L.
Insecta Mundi, 0615: 1–38, 2018
Abstract and PDF available at Florida Online Journals here.
cite:1513940
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 29 April, 2018 - 5:20am |
Ecological factors which influence migratory behavior in two butterflies of the semi-arid shrublands of South Texas. By Gilbert, L.E.
Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas. 27: 724-747., 1985
Gilbert, L.E. 1985. Ecological factors which influence migratory behavior in two butterflies of the semi-arid shrublands of South Texas. Pp. 724-747 in: M.A. Rankin. (editor). Migration: Mechanisms and Adaptive Significance. Contributions in Marine Science Supplement Vol. 27. Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas.
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Seminal paper on American Snout ( Libytheana carinenta)and Lyside Sulphur ( Kricogonia lyside) outbreaks in South Texas.
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Temporal and spatial patterns of drought and rainfall influence patterns of host leaf production and extent of parasitoid-induced mortality in south Texas Lepidoptera. These factors can in turn interact to induce population outbreak and migratory flight in Libytheana and Kricogonia, two butterflies which depend upon new growth of the shrubs Celtis and Porlieria respectively. Differences between these shrubs in seasonal phenology and resistance to, or response to, defoliation result in asynchronous migratory flights and different degrees of sexual dimorphism for onset of migratory flight by the two insects. Adults of both butteffly species may respond to declining resources by entering reproductive diapause locally, or by initiating migratory flight. However, details of such responses vary with species and time of year and remain a fertile direction for future research.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 22 April, 2012 - 11:10pm |
A catalogue/checklist of the butterflies of America, north of Mexico. By Miller, L.D. & F.M. Brown.
Memoirs of the Lepidopterists' Society 2: i-vii + 1-280., 1981
Full Text - BHL
Miller, L.D. & F.M. Brown. 1981. A catalogue/checklist of the butterflies of America north of Mexico. Memoirs of the Lepidopterists' Society 2: i-vii + 1-280.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 September, 2024 - 3:07pm |
Genomic analysis reveals new species and subspecies of butterflies. By Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Song, L., & Grishin, N.V.
The Taxonomic Report 11(6): 1-62., 2023
Full Text - Zenodo
Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Song, L., & Grishin, N.V. (2023) Genomic analysis reveals new species and subspecies of butterflies. The Taxonomic Report 11(6): 1-62.
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Large-scale genomic sequencing of butterfly taxa reveals new findings that are presented here. While we focus on detecting species by comparative genomics and define subspecies as groups of populations genetically differentiated from each other but not as strongly as species (that is, subspecies as species in the making), we report other adjustments to butterfly classification.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 September, 2024 - 5:08pm |
Additional taxonomic refinements suggested by genomic analysis of butterflies. By Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, L. Song, P.A. Opler and N.V. Grishin
Taxonomic Report of the international Lepidoptera Survey 11(1): 1-25, 22 figs., 2023
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Zhang, Jing, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Paul Alexander Opler and Nikolay Vyacheslav Grishin. 2023. Additional taxonomic refinements suggested by genomic analysis of butterflies. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11(1): 1-25, 22 figs.
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Comparative analyses of genomic data reveal further insights into the phylogeny and taxonomic classification of butterflies presented here. As a result, 2 new subgenera and 2 new species of Hesperiidae are described:
Borna Grishin, subgen. n. (type species Godmania borincona Watson, 1937) and
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 24 January, 2024 - 6:43pm |
Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names By Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin
Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(7): 1-41., 2020
Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin, 2020. Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(7): 1-41.
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 9 June, 2022 - 1:58pm |
Butterflies of Pennsylvania, a field guide By James L. Monroe, David M. Wright
University of Pittsburgh Press
From the publishers page:
https://upittpress.org/books/9780822964551/
This work has all of the features that make field guides to a region's butterfly fauna useful to anyone with a serious interest in that fauna. . . . the book is a bargain and a must for anyone with an interest not just in Pennsylvania's fauna, but the northeast fauna as a whole.
News of the Lepidopterists' Society
Winner, 2017 National Outdoor Book Award
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Though I am in the southeast, I own this field guide and find it very useful - Roy Cohutta Brown.
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