P. Matos-Maravi

Reduced palatability, fast flight, and tails: Decoding the defence arsenal of Eudaminae skipper butterflies in a Neotropical locality

The paper tests palatability, flight speed, and habitat preference in Eudaminae skipper butterflies to understand their defensive strategies.

Disturbance increases functional diversity but decreases phylogenetic diversity of an arboreal tropical ant community

This study examines how forest disturbance affects functional and phylogenetic diversity in arboreal ant communities, finding increased functional diversity in secondary forests despite lower phylogenetic diversity.

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.

Hard to catch: Experimental evidence supports evasive mimicry

The paper tests if evasive mimicry, where prey's difficulty of capture leads to warning color convergence, is as effective as distastefulness in deterring predators.

The latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae): conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories.

This study evaluates hypotheses for the latitudinal diversity gradient in Nymphalidae butterflies, finding that low extinction rates and historical dispersal patterns, rather than speciation rates, explain diversity patterns.

Species limits in butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): Reconciling classical taxonomy with the multispecies coalescent

The paper applies coalescent-based methods to resolve species limits in butterflies, identifying 22 species and addressing taxonomic and genetic uncertainties.