Nature Communications (Sep 2021)
Conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories explain the latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies
- Nicolas Chazot,
- Fabien L. Condamine,
- Gytis Dudas,
- Carlos Peña,
- Ullasa Kodandaramaiah,
- Pável Matos-Maraví,
- Kwaku Aduse-Poku,
- Marianne Elias,
- Andrew D. Warren,
- David J. Lohman,
- Carla M. Penz,
- Phil DeVries,
- Zdenek F. Fric,
- Soren Nylin,
- Chris Müller,
- Akito Y. Kawahara,
- Karina L. Silva-Brandão,
- Gerardo Lamas,
- Irena Kleckova,
- Anna Zubek,
- Elena Ortiz-Acevedo,
- Roger Vila,
- Richard I. Vane-Wright,
- Sean P. Mullen,
- Chris D. Jiggins,
- Christopher W. Wheat,
- Andre V. L. Freitas,
- Niklas Wahlberg
Affiliations
- Nicolas Chazot
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Fabien L. Condamine
- CNRS, UMR 5554 Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution de Montpellier (Université de Montpellier|CNRS|IRD|EPHE)
- Gytis Dudas
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre
- Carlos Peña
- Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
- Ullasa Kodandaramaiah
- IISER-TVM Centre for Research and Education in Ecology and Evolution (ICREEE), School of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram
- Pável Matos-Maraví
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre
- Kwaku Aduse-Poku
- Department of Life and Earth Sciences, Perimeter College, Georgia State University
- Marianne Elias
- ISYEB, CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles
- Andrew D. Warren
- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
- David J. Lohman
- City College of New York and Graduate Center, CUNY
- Carla M. Penz
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans
- Phil DeVries
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans
- Zdenek F. Fric
- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology
- Soren Nylin
- Department of Zoology, Stockholm University
- Chris Müller
- Australian Museum
- Akito Y. Kawahara
- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
- Karina L. Silva-Brandão
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética
- Gerardo Lamas
- Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
- Irena Kleckova
- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology
- Anna Zubek
- Nature Education Centre, Jagiellonian University
- Elena Ortiz-Acevedo
- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
- Roger Vila
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC‐UPF)
- Richard I. Vane-Wright
- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum
- Sean P. Mullen
- 5 Cummington Street, Department of Biology, Boston University
- Chris D. Jiggins
- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
- Christopher W. Wheat
- Department of Zoology, Stockholm University
- Andre V. L. Freitas
- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
- Niklas Wahlberg
- Systematic Biology Group, Department of Biology, Lund University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25906-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
A phylogeny of Nymphalidae butterflies unveils the origin of the latitudinal diversity gradient. This study showed that the modern pattern of species richness emerged from dynamics of dispersal and diversification that varied through time and across regions, and that global climate change throughout the Cenozoic probably played a major role in generating the biodiversity pattern.
