Environmental Variation Promotes Convergent Evolution and Rapid Diversification of Wing Shape and Color in Skipper Butterflies
Pavel Matos-Maravi, Daniel Linke, Pedro G. Ribeiro, Gerardo Llamas Lamas, André Victor Lucci Freitas, Rayner Núñez Águila, Akito Y. Kawahara, Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint, Christine D. Bacon, Niklas Wahlberg, Alexandre Antonelli
The paper investigates how antipredator traits in skipper butterflies evolve in response to environmental variation, finding convergent evolution and rapid diversification of wing shape and color.
bioRxiv · Dec 27, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology