Marianne Espeland

A meta-analysis of Neotropical butterflies reveals long-term signature of the Pebas wetland on Neotropical biogeography

This study uses a meta-analysis of 1,361 Neotropical butterfly species to show that the Pebas wetland selectively constrained dispersal between the Andes and Amazonia, contributing to the modern diversity imbalance.

Long-distance dispersal drives global tropical distributions in a widespread moth lineage (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)

This study uses phylogenetic analysis to show that long-distance dispersal, not vicariance, primarily shaped the pantropical distribution of the moth genus Parasa.

Mixture Models Unveil the Origin of the Enigmatic Satyrine Butterfly Genera Calisto and Llorenteana (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae).

The paper uses genomic data and phylogenetic methods to resolve the origins of two Satyrinae butterfly genera, finding Calisto originated from Old World ancestors and Llorenteana split early in Euptychiina.

Standardized nuclear markers advance metazoan taxonomy

The paper shows that nuclear-encoded universal single-copy orthologs (USCOs) outperform mitochondrial DNA barcoding in species discrimination and taxonomic assignment across metazoans.