Evolution and Diversification Dynamics of Butterflies
A. Y. Kawahara, C. Storer, A. P. S. Carvalho, D. M. Plotkin, F. Condamine, M. P. Braga, E. A. Ellis, R. A. St Laurent, X. Li, V. Barve, L. Cai, C. Earl, P. B. Frandsen, H. L. Owens, W. A. Valencia-Montoya, , N. T. Homziak
This study constructs a comprehensive phylogenomic tree of butterflies and finds they originated in the Americas, diversified in the Paleotropics, and followed a 'cradle' pattern of dispersal.
bioRxiv · May 17, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology