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2025
Braby MF, Pierce NE, Lohman DJ. Molecular phylogeny of the tribe Luciini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): systematics and life history evolution. Systematic Entomology. 2025.
Braby MF, Pierce NE, Lohman DJ. Molecular phylogeny of the tribe Luciini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): systematics and life history evolution. Systematic Entomology. 2025.
Leong J V, Matos‐Maraví P, Núñez R, Nunes R, Liang W, Braby MF, Doleck T, Aduse‐Poku K, Inayoshi Y, Hsu Y. Around the World in 26 Million Years: Diversification and Biogeography of Pantropical Grass‐Yellow Eurema Butterflies (Pieridae: Coliadinae). Journal of Biogeography. 2025;52:e15107.
Leong J V, Matos‐Maraví P, Núñez R, Nunes R, Liang W, Braby MF, Doleck T, Aduse‐Poku K, Inayoshi Y, Hsu Y. Around the World in 26 Million Years: Diversification and Biogeography of Pantropical Grass‐Yellow Eurema Butterflies (Pieridae: Coliadinae). Journal of Biogeography. 2025;52:e15107.
Lin PA, Chan WP, Cai L, Hsiao Y, Dankowicz E, Gilbert KJ, Pierce NE, Felton G. The Salient Aroma Hypothesis: host plant specialization is linked with plant volatile availability in Lepidoptera. Proc Biol Sci. 2025;292:20242426. doi:10.1098/rspb.2024.2426
Lin PA, Chan WP, Cai L, Hsiao Y, Dankowicz E, Gilbert KJ, Pierce NE, Felton G. The Salient Aroma Hypothesis: host plant specialization is linked with plant volatile availability in Lepidoptera. Proc Biol Sci. 2025;292:20242426. doi:10.1098/rspb.2024.2426
Host plant use in Lepidoptera has been a primary focus in studies of ecological specialization, and multiple factors are likely to be involved in shaping the evolution of diet breadth. Here, we first describe the Salient Aroma Hypothesis, suggesting that...
Palahi A, Garcia-Berro A, Dinca V, Voda R, Dapporto L, Backstrom N, Vila R, Pierce NE, Talavera G. Trans-Atlantic Dispersal and Introgression Explain Holarctic Disjunct Distributions in Vanessa Butterflies. Mol Ecol. 2025;34:e17781. doi:10.1111/mec.17781
Palahi A, Garcia-Berro A, Dinca V, Voda R, Dapporto L, Backstrom N, Vila R, Pierce NE, Talavera G. Trans-Atlantic Dispersal and Introgression Explain Holarctic Disjunct Distributions in Vanessa Butterflies. Mol Ecol. 2025;34:e17781. doi:10.1111/mec.17781
Species with disjunct distributions have long puzzled evolutionary biologists and biogeographers. Long-distance dispersal can play a pivotal role in generating intra-specific disjunct distributions, initiating early stages of allopatric speciation and...
Zemeitat DS, Coquilleau M, Pierce NE, Elgar MA. Ant responses in a lycaenid-ant symbiosis are not facilitated by cuticular compounds alone. R Soc Open Sci. 2025;12:241320. doi:10.1098/rsos.241320
Zemeitat DS, Coquilleau M, Pierce NE, Elgar MA. Ant responses in a lycaenid-ant symbiosis are not facilitated by cuticular compounds alone. R Soc Open Sci. 2025;12:241320. doi:10.1098/rsos.241320
Initiating partnerships in protective symbioses can be asymmetrical if there is a risk of attack from their symbionts. Myrmecophiles may encounter chemically mediated recognition systems that allow the host ants to distinguish nestmates from natural...
Epstein ME, Dupont ST, Garzón-Orduña IJ, Solovyev A V, Pierce NE, Espeland M. Phylogeny and reclassification of Limacodidae worldwide, with emphasis on the ontogeny of larval defenses (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea). Insect Systematics and Diversity. 2025;9. doi:10.1093/isd/ixae042
Epstein ME, Dupont ST, Garzón-Orduña IJ, Solovyev A V, Pierce NE, Espeland M. Phylogeny and reclassification of Limacodidae worldwide, with emphasis on the ontogeny of larval defenses (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea). Insect Systematics and Diversity. 2025;9. doi:10.1093/isd/ixae042
Limacodidae (Zygaenoidea), a mostly pantropical family of 1,800+ species, is known for sluglike caterpillars with suckers below rather than typical prolegs. They typically have either venomous spines (nettles) or a smooth surface (gelatines) above...
2024
Carvalho APS, Owens HL, St Laurent RA, Earl C, Dexter KM, Messcher RL, Willmott KR, Aduse-Poku K, Collins SC, Homziak NT, et al. Comprehensive phylogeny of Pieridae butterflies reveals strong correlation between diversification and temperature. iScience. 2024;27:109336. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2024.109336
Carvalho APS, Owens HL, St Laurent RA, Earl C, Dexter KM, Messcher RL, Willmott KR, Aduse-Poku K, Collins SC, Homziak NT, et al. Comprehensive phylogeny of Pieridae butterflies reveals strong correlation between diversification and temperature. iScience. 2024;27:109336. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2024.109336
Temperature is thought to be a key factor influencing global species richness patterns. We investigate the link between temperature and diversification in the butterfly family Pieridae by combining next generation DNA sequences and published molecular...
Chan W-P, Angier K, Dankowicz E, Elson C, Frigyik E, Greiner J, Just J, Edwards J, Zoll R, Dendy S. Morphological traits of the eyes of Lepidoptera indicate selection for binocular vision in both diurnal butterflies and nocturnal moths. 2024.
Chan W-P, Angier K, Dankowicz E, Elson C, Frigyik E, Greiner J, Just J, Edwards J, Zoll R, Dendy S. Morphological traits of the eyes of Lepidoptera indicate selection for binocular vision in both diurnal butterflies and nocturnal moths. 2024.
Knecht RJ, Benner JS, Swain A, Azevedo-Schmidt L, Cleal CJ, Labandeira CC, Engel MS, Dunlop JA, Selden PA, Eble CF. Early Pennsylvanian Lagerstätte reveals a diverse ecosystem on a subhumid, alluvial fan. Nature Communications. 2024;15:7876.
Knecht RJ, Benner JS, Swain A, Azevedo-Schmidt L, Cleal CJ, Labandeira CC, Engel MS, Dunlop JA, Selden PA, Eble CF. Early Pennsylvanian Lagerstätte reveals a diverse ecosystem on a subhumid, alluvial fan. Nature Communications. 2024;15:7876.
Liang W, Nunes R, Leong JV, Carvalho APS, Muller CJ, Braby MF, Pequin O, Hoshizaki S, Morinaka S, Peggie D, et al. To and fro in the archipelago: Repeated inter-island dispersal and New Guinea’s orogeny affect diversification of Delias, the world’s largest butterfly genus. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2024;194:108022. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108022
Liang W, Nunes R, Leong JV, Carvalho APS, Muller CJ, Braby MF, Pequin O, Hoshizaki S, Morinaka S, Peggie D, et al. To and fro in the archipelago: Repeated inter-island dispersal and New Guinea’s orogeny affect diversification of Delias, the world’s largest butterfly genus. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2024;194:108022. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108022
The world's largest butterfly genus Delias, commonly known as Jezebels, comprises ca. 251 species found throughout Asia, Australia, and Melanesia. Most species are endemic to islands in the Indo-Australian Archipelago or to New Guinea and nearby islands...
Liénard MA, Baez-Nieto D, Tsai C-C, Valencia-Montoya WA, Werin B, Johanson U, Lassance J-M, Pan JQ, Yu N, Pierce NE. TRPA5 encodes a thermosensitive ankyrin ion channel receptor in a triatomine insect. iScience. 2024;27:109541.
Liénard MA, Baez-Nieto D, Tsai C-C, Valencia-Montoya WA, Werin B, Johanson U, Lassance J-M, Pan JQ, Yu N, Pierce NE. TRPA5 encodes a thermosensitive ankyrin ion channel receptor in a triatomine insect. iScience. 2024;27:109541.
Liu C, Garcia FH, Peng Y-Q, Pierce NE. Taxonomy of the ant genus Cerapachys Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in China with description of a new species. Asian Myrmecology. 2024;17:e017001.
Liu C, Garcia FH, Peng Y-Q, Pierce NE. Taxonomy of the ant genus Cerapachys Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in China with description of a new species. Asian Myrmecology. 2024;17:e017001.