The latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae): conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories.
N. Chazot, F. Condamine, G. Dudas, C. Pena, P. Matos-Maravi, A. V. Freitas, K. R. Willmott, M. Elias, A. Warren, K. Aduse-Poku, D. J. Lohman, C. M. Penz, P. DeVries, U. Kodandaramaiah, Z. F. Fric, , N. Wahlberg
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.
bioRxiv · Apr 16, 2020Ecology