A. V. L. Freitas

Balancing selection at a wing pattern locus is associated with major shifts in genome-wide patterns of diversity and gene flow in a butterfly

The paper examines how balancing selection at a wing pattern locus in butterflies affects genome-wide diversity and gene flow, finding higher diversity and lower geographic structure in polymorphic populations.

Mesoamerica is a cradle and the Atlantic Forest is a museum of Neotropical butterfly diversity: Insights from the evolution and biogeography of Brassolini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

This study examines the evolutionary and biogeographical patterns of Neotropical butterflies, finding that Mesoamerica acts as a cradle of diversity while the Atlantic Forest functions as a museum.

Renewed diversification following Miocene landscape turnover in a Neotropical butterfly radiation

This study investigates how Miocene landscape changes influenced diversification in Neotropical Ithomiini butterflies, finding that ecological turnovers drove speciation and extinction dynamics.

North Andean origin and diversification of the largest ithomiine butterfly genus

This study uses molecular and morphological data to reconstruct the phylogeny of the butterfly genus Pteronymia, showing its origin in the Northern Andes and diversification patterns.