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A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins. / Kawahara, Akito Y.; Storer, Caroline; Carvalho, Ana Paula S.; Plotkin, David M.; Condamine, Fabien L.; Braga, Mariana P.; Ellis, Emily A.; St Laurent, Ryan A.; Li, Xuankun; Barve, Vijay; Cai, Liming; Earl, Chandra; Frandsen, Paul B.; Owens, Hannah L.; Valencia-Montoya, Wendy A.; Aduse-Poku, Kwaku; Toussaint, Emmanuel F. A.; Dexter, Kelly M.; Doleck, Tenzing; Markee, Amanda; Messcher, Rebeccah; Nguyen, Y-Lan; Badon, Jade Aster T.; Benítez, Hugo A.; Braby, Michael F.; Buenavente, Perry A. C.; Chan, Wei-Ping; Collins, Steve C.; Childers, Richard A. Rabideau; Dankowicz, Even; Eastwood, Rod; Fric, Zdenek F.; Gott, Riley J.; Hall, Jason P. W.; Hallwachs, Winnie; Hardy, Nate B.; Sipe, Rachel L. Hawkins; Heath, Alan; Hinolan, Jomar D.; Homziak, Nicholas T.; Hsu, Yu-Feng; Inayoshi, Yutaka; Itliong, Micael G. A.; Janzen, Daniel H.; Kitching, Ian J.; Kunte, Krushnamegh; Lamas, Gerardo; Landis, Michael J.; Larsen, Elise A.; Larsen, Torben B.; Leong, Jing V.; Lukhtanov, Vladimir; Maier, Crystal A.; Martinez, Jose I.; Martins, Dino J.; Maruyama, Kiyoshi; Maunsell, Sarah C.; Mega, Nicolás Oliveira; Monastyrskii, Alexander; Morais, Ana B. B.; Müller, Chris J.; Naive, Mark Arcebal K.; Nielsen, Gregory; Padrón, Pablo Sebastián; Peggie, Djunijanti; Romanowski, Helena Piccoli; Sáfián, Szabolcs; Saito, Motoki; Schröder, Stefan; Shirey, Vaughn; Soltis, Doug; Soltis, Pamela; Sourakov, Andrei; Talavera, Gerard; Vila, Roger; Vlasanek, Petr; Wang, Houshuai; Warren, Andrew D.; Willmott, Keith R.; Yago, Masaya; Jetz, Walter; Jarzyna, Marta A.; Breinholt, Jesse W.; Espeland, Marianne; Ries, Leslie; Guralnick, Robert P.; Pierce, Naomi E.; Lohman, David J.

In: Nature Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 7, No. 6, 2023, p. 903-913.

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Kawahara, AY, Storer, C, Carvalho, APS, Plotkin, DM, Condamine, FL, Braga, MP, Ellis, EA, St Laurent, RA, Li, X, Barve, V, Cai, L, Earl, C, Frandsen, PB, Owens, HL, Valencia-Montoya, WA, Aduse-Poku, K, Toussaint, EFA, Dexter, KM, Doleck, T, Markee, A, Messcher, R, Nguyen, Y-L, Badon, JAT, Benítez, HA, Braby, MF, Buenavente, PAC, Chan, W-P, Collins, SC, Childers, RAR, Dankowicz, E, Eastwood, R, Fric, ZF, Gott, RJ, Hall, JPW, Hallwachs, W, Hardy, NB, Sipe, RLH, Heath, A, Hinolan, JD, Homziak, NT, Hsu, Y-F, Inayoshi, Y, Itliong, MGA, Janzen, DH, Kitching, IJ, Kunte, K, Lamas, G, Landis, MJ, Larsen, EA, Larsen, TB, Leong, JV, Lukhtanov, V, Maier, CA, Martinez, JI, Martins, DJ, Maruyama, K, Maunsell, SC, Mega, NO, Monastyrskii, A, Morais, ABB, Müller, CJ, Naive, MAK, Nielsen, G, Padrón, PS, Peggie, D, Romanowski, HP, Sáfián, S, Saito, M, Schröder, S, Shirey, V, Soltis, D, Soltis, P, Sourakov, A, Talavera, G, Vila, R, Vlasanek, P, Wang, H, Warren, AD, Willmott, KR, Yago, M, Jetz, W, Jarzyna, MA, Breinholt, JW, Espeland, M, Ries, L, Guralnick, RP, Pierce, NE & Lohman, DJ 2023, 'A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins', Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 903-913. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02041-9

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Kawahara, A. Y., Storer, C., Carvalho, A. P. S., Plotkin, D. M., Condamine, F. L., Braga, M. P., Ellis, E. A., St Laurent, R. A., Li, X., Barve, V., Cai, L., Earl, C., Frandsen, P. B., Owens, H. L., Valencia-Montoya, W. A., Aduse-Poku, K., Toussaint, E. F. A., Dexter, K. M., Doleck, T., ... Lohman, D. J. (2023). A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 7(6), 903-913. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02041-9

Vancouver

Kawahara AY, Storer C, Carvalho APS, Plotkin DM, Condamine FL, Braga MP et al. A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2023;7(6):903-913. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02041-9

Author

Kawahara, Akito Y. ; Storer, Caroline ; Carvalho, Ana Paula S. ; Plotkin, David M. ; Condamine, Fabien L. ; Braga, Mariana P. ; Ellis, Emily A. ; St Laurent, Ryan A. ; Li, Xuankun ; Barve, Vijay ; Cai, Liming ; Earl, Chandra ; Frandsen, Paul B. ; Owens, Hannah L. ; Valencia-Montoya, Wendy A. ; Aduse-Poku, Kwaku ; Toussaint, Emmanuel F. A. ; Dexter, Kelly M. ; Doleck, Tenzing ; Markee, Amanda ; Messcher, Rebeccah ; Nguyen, Y-Lan ; Badon, Jade Aster T. ; Benítez, Hugo A. ; Braby, Michael F. ; Buenavente, Perry A. C. ; Chan, Wei-Ping ; Collins, Steve C. ; Childers, Richard A. Rabideau ; Dankowicz, Even ; Eastwood, Rod ; Fric, Zdenek F. ; Gott, Riley J. ; Hall, Jason P. W. ; Hallwachs, Winnie ; Hardy, Nate B. ; Sipe, Rachel L. Hawkins ; Heath, Alan ; Hinolan, Jomar D. ; Homziak, Nicholas T. ; Hsu, Yu-Feng ; Inayoshi, Yutaka ; Itliong, Micael G. A. ; Janzen, Daniel H. ; Kitching, Ian J. ; Kunte, Krushnamegh ; Lamas, Gerardo ; Landis, Michael J. ; Larsen, Elise A. ; Larsen, Torben B. ; Leong, Jing V. ; Lukhtanov, Vladimir ; Maier, Crystal A. ; Martinez, Jose I. ; Martins, Dino J. ; Maruyama, Kiyoshi ; Maunsell, Sarah C. ; Mega, Nicolás Oliveira ; Monastyrskii, Alexander ; Morais, Ana B. B. ; Müller, Chris J. ; Naive, Mark Arcebal K. ; Nielsen, Gregory ; Padrón, Pablo Sebastián ; Peggie, Djunijanti ; Romanowski, Helena Piccoli ; Sáfián, Szabolcs ; Saito, Motoki ; Schröder, Stefan ; Shirey, Vaughn ; Soltis, Doug ; Soltis, Pamela ; Sourakov, Andrei ; Talavera, Gerard ; Vila, Roger ; Vlasanek, Petr ; Wang, Houshuai ; Warren, Andrew D. ; Willmott, Keith R. ; Yago, Masaya ; Jetz, Walter ; Jarzyna, Marta A. ; Breinholt, Jesse W. ; Espeland, Marianne ; Ries, Leslie ; Guralnick, Robert P. ; Pierce, Naomi E. ; Lohman, David J. / A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins. In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2023 ; Vol. 7, No. 6. pp. 903-913.

Bibtex

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title = "A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins",
abstract = "Butterflies are a diverse and charismatic insect group that are thought to have evolved with plants and dispersed throughout the world in response to key geological events. However, these hypotheses have not been extensively tested because a comprehensive phylogenetic framework and datasets for butterfly larval hosts and global distributions are lacking. We sequenced 391 genes from nearly 2,300 butterfly species, sampled from 90 countries and 28 specimen collections, to reconstruct a new phylogenomic tree of butterflies representing 92% of all genera. Our phylogeny has strong support for nearly all nodes and demonstrates that at least 36 butterfly tribes require reclassification. Divergence time analyses imply an origin ~100 million years ago for butterflies and indicate that all but one family were present before the K/Pg extinction event. We aggregated larval host datasets and global distribution records and found that butterflies are likely to have first fed on Fabaceae and originated in what is now the Americas. Soon after the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum, butterflies crossed Beringia and diversified in the Palaeotropics. Our results also reveal that most butterfly species are specialists that feed on only one larval host plant family. However, generalist butterflies that consume two or more plant families usually feed on closely related plants.",
author = "Kawahara, {Akito Y.} and Caroline Storer and Carvalho, {Ana Paula S.} and Plotkin, {David M.} and Condamine, {Fabien L.} and Braga, {Mariana P.} and Ellis, {Emily A.} and {St Laurent}, {Ryan A.} and Xuankun Li and Vijay Barve and Liming Cai and Chandra Earl and Frandsen, {Paul B.} and Owens, {Hannah L.} and Valencia-Montoya, {Wendy A.} and Kwaku Aduse-Poku and Toussaint, {Emmanuel F. A.} and Dexter, {Kelly M.} and Tenzing Doleck and Amanda Markee and Rebeccah Messcher and Y-Lan Nguyen and Badon, {Jade Aster T.} and Ben{\'i}tez, {Hugo A.} and Braby, {Michael F.} and Buenavente, {Perry A. C.} and Wei-Ping Chan and Collins, {Steve C.} and Childers, {Richard A. Rabideau} and Even Dankowicz and Rod Eastwood and Fric, {Zdenek F.} and Gott, {Riley J.} and Hall, {Jason P. W.} and Winnie Hallwachs and Hardy, {Nate B.} and Sipe, {Rachel L. Hawkins} and Alan Heath and Hinolan, {Jomar D.} and Homziak, {Nicholas T.} and Yu-Feng Hsu and Yutaka Inayoshi and Itliong, {Micael G. A.} and Janzen, {Daniel H.} and Kitching, {Ian J.} and Krushnamegh Kunte and Gerardo Lamas and Landis, {Michael J.} and Larsen, {Elise A.} and Larsen, {Torben B.} and Leong, {Jing V.} and Vladimir Lukhtanov and Maier, {Crystal A.} and Martinez, {Jose I.} and Martins, {Dino J.} and Kiyoshi Maruyama and Maunsell, {Sarah C.} and Mega, {Nicol{\'a}s Oliveira} and Alexander Monastyrskii and Morais, {Ana B. B.} and M{\"u}ller, {Chris J.} and Naive, {Mark Arcebal K.} and Gregory Nielsen and Padr{\'o}n, {Pablo Sebasti{\'a}n} and Djunijanti Peggie and Romanowski, {Helena Piccoli} and Szabolcs S{\'a}fi{\'a}n and Motoki Saito and Stefan Schr{\"o}der and Vaughn Shirey and Doug Soltis and Pamela Soltis and Andrei Sourakov and Gerard Talavera and Roger Vila and Petr Vlasanek and Houshuai Wang and Warren, {Andrew D.} and Willmott, {Keith R.} and Masaya Yago and Walter Jetz and Jarzyna, {Marta A.} and Breinholt, {Jesse W.} and Marianne Espeland and Leslie Ries and Guralnick, {Robert P.} and Pierce, {Naomi E.} and Lohman, {David J.}",
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AU - Storer, Caroline

AU - Carvalho, Ana Paula S.

AU - Plotkin, David M.

AU - Condamine, Fabien L.

AU - Braga, Mariana P.

AU - Ellis, Emily A.

AU - St Laurent, Ryan A.

AU - Li, Xuankun

AU - Barve, Vijay

AU - Cai, Liming

AU - Earl, Chandra

AU - Frandsen, Paul B.

AU - Owens, Hannah L.

AU - Valencia-Montoya, Wendy A.

AU - Aduse-Poku, Kwaku

AU - Toussaint, Emmanuel F. A.

AU - Dexter, Kelly M.

AU - Doleck, Tenzing

AU - Markee, Amanda

AU - Messcher, Rebeccah

AU - Nguyen, Y-Lan

AU - Badon, Jade Aster T.

AU - Benítez, Hugo A.

AU - Braby, Michael F.

AU - Buenavente, Perry A. C.

AU - Chan, Wei-Ping

AU - Collins, Steve C.

AU - Childers, Richard A. Rabideau

AU - Dankowicz, Even

AU - Eastwood, Rod

AU - Fric, Zdenek F.

AU - Gott, Riley J.

AU - Hall, Jason P. W.

AU - Hallwachs, Winnie

AU - Hardy, Nate B.

AU - Sipe, Rachel L. Hawkins

AU - Heath, Alan

AU - Hinolan, Jomar D.

AU - Homziak, Nicholas T.

AU - Hsu, Yu-Feng

AU - Inayoshi, Yutaka

AU - Itliong, Micael G. A.

AU - Janzen, Daniel H.

AU - Kitching, Ian J.

AU - Kunte, Krushnamegh

AU - Lamas, Gerardo

AU - Landis, Michael J.

AU - Larsen, Elise A.

AU - Larsen, Torben B.

AU - Leong, Jing V.

AU - Lukhtanov, Vladimir

AU - Maier, Crystal A.

AU - Martinez, Jose I.

AU - Martins, Dino J.

AU - Maruyama, Kiyoshi

AU - Maunsell, Sarah C.

AU - Mega, Nicolás Oliveira

AU - Monastyrskii, Alexander

AU - Morais, Ana B. B.

AU - Müller, Chris J.

AU - Naive, Mark Arcebal K.

AU - Nielsen, Gregory

AU - Padrón, Pablo Sebastián

AU - Peggie, Djunijanti

AU - Romanowski, Helena Piccoli

AU - Sáfián, Szabolcs

AU - Saito, Motoki

AU - Schröder, Stefan

AU - Shirey, Vaughn

AU - Soltis, Doug

AU - Soltis, Pamela

AU - Sourakov, Andrei

AU - Talavera, Gerard

AU - Vila, Roger

AU - Vlasanek, Petr

AU - Wang, Houshuai

AU - Warren, Andrew D.

AU - Willmott, Keith R.

AU - Yago, Masaya

AU - Jetz, Walter

AU - Jarzyna, Marta A.

AU - Breinholt, Jesse W.

AU - Espeland, Marianne

AU - Ries, Leslie

AU - Guralnick, Robert P.

AU - Pierce, Naomi E.

AU - Lohman, David J.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - Butterflies are a diverse and charismatic insect group that are thought to have evolved with plants and dispersed throughout the world in response to key geological events. However, these hypotheses have not been extensively tested because a comprehensive phylogenetic framework and datasets for butterfly larval hosts and global distributions are lacking. We sequenced 391 genes from nearly 2,300 butterfly species, sampled from 90 countries and 28 specimen collections, to reconstruct a new phylogenomic tree of butterflies representing 92% of all genera. Our phylogeny has strong support for nearly all nodes and demonstrates that at least 36 butterfly tribes require reclassification. Divergence time analyses imply an origin ~100 million years ago for butterflies and indicate that all but one family were present before the K/Pg extinction event. We aggregated larval host datasets and global distribution records and found that butterflies are likely to have first fed on Fabaceae and originated in what is now the Americas. Soon after the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum, butterflies crossed Beringia and diversified in the Palaeotropics. Our results also reveal that most butterfly species are specialists that feed on only one larval host plant family. However, generalist butterflies that consume two or more plant families usually feed on closely related plants.

AB - Butterflies are a diverse and charismatic insect group that are thought to have evolved with plants and dispersed throughout the world in response to key geological events. However, these hypotheses have not been extensively tested because a comprehensive phylogenetic framework and datasets for butterfly larval hosts and global distributions are lacking. We sequenced 391 genes from nearly 2,300 butterfly species, sampled from 90 countries and 28 specimen collections, to reconstruct a new phylogenomic tree of butterflies representing 92% of all genera. Our phylogeny has strong support for nearly all nodes and demonstrates that at least 36 butterfly tribes require reclassification. Divergence time analyses imply an origin ~100 million years ago for butterflies and indicate that all but one family were present before the K/Pg extinction event. We aggregated larval host datasets and global distribution records and found that butterflies are likely to have first fed on Fabaceae and originated in what is now the Americas. Soon after the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum, butterflies crossed Beringia and diversified in the Palaeotropics. Our results also reveal that most butterfly species are specialists that feed on only one larval host plant family. However, generalist butterflies that consume two or more plant families usually feed on closely related plants.

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JO - Nature Ecology & Evolution

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