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A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions
at species, genus and family level
(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)

 

Michel Taymans

Sylvain Cuvelier


14.i.2025


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Mestdagh X., L'Hoste L. & Titeux N. 2024.
Butterflies in Luxembourg: distribution, trends and conservation.
Ferrantia 90, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 287 p. (url)
Subject: Papilionoidea, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Jutzeler D. 2024.
Zerynthia cassandra (Geyer, 1828) or Zerynthia demnosia (Boisduval, 1828)? Which one is the correct name according to the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature?
Entomologica romanica 28: 12-21 (url)
Keywords: Zerynthia polyxena, Z. demnosia, Z. cassandra, Lepidoptera, Papilionidae, Nomenclature, Taxonomy, International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN).

Monasterio Y., Lozano-Martin C., Vila R., Iglesias A., Escobés R., Vergara E., Calmaestra R., RodrÍguez Y., Olivares J., Pérez R., Arana L., García A. & López M. 2024.
Contributions to the distribution, biology, and conservation of Euchloe bazae Fabiano, 1993 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): discovery of a new population and new host plant in the province of Granada (Andalusia, Spain).
Arquivos Entomolóxicos 30: 289-320 (url)
Keywords: Lepidoptera, Pieridae, Euchloe bazae, Vella pseudocytisus, distribution, biology, conservation, new population, Spain, Andalucía, Aragón.

Kolev Z., Novák J. & Seropian A. 2024.
On the presence of Hipparchia parisatis (Kollar, 1849) in the Republic of Georgia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae).
Caucasiana 3: 263–271. https://doi.org/10.3897/caucasiana.3.140259
Keywords: biodiversity, citizen science, conservation, new records, Papilionoidea, South Caucasus, Vashlovani.
Subject: Hipparchia parisatis, Georgia.

Bouam I., Tennent J., Abdennebi A. & Benmokhtar E. 2024.
Rediscovery of the Endangered Pseudophilotes fatma (Oberthür, 1890) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Algeria after 71 years, with an update on its distribution and designation of a lectotype.
Zootaxa 5543 (2): 287–295. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5543.2.10
Keywords: Fatma’s Blue, geographic distribution, lectotype, Maghreb, North Africa.

Mo S., Braga M., Lohman D., Nylin S., Moumou A., Wheat C., Wahlberg N., Wang M., Ma F., Zhang P. & Wang H. 2024.
Rapid evolution of host repertoire and geographic range in a young and diverse genus of montane butterflies.
Systematic Biology, syae061, https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae061
Keywords: biogeography, host use, montane species, rapid diversification, target capture.
Subject: genus Colias.

Boman J., Nolen Z. & Backström N. 2024.
On the origin of an insular hybrid butterfly lineage.
bioRxiv 2024.10.17.618839 doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.17.618839
Keywords: biodiversity, speciation, hybridization, hybrid speciation, butterflies.
Subject: Aricia artaxerxes, Aricia agestis, horkei.

Greenwood M., Capblancq T., Wahlberg N. & Després L. 2025.
Whole genome data confirm pervasive gene discordance in the evolutionary history of Coenonympha (Nymphalidae) butterflies.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 202 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108222
Keywords: phylogenomics, phylogenetics, gene conflict, hybridization, incomplete lineage sorting, species network.

Joshi M., Espeland M., Huemer P., deWaard J. & Marko Mutanen. 2024.
Species delimitation under allopatry: genomic insights within and across continents in Lepidoptera.
Insect Systematics and Diversity 8(5) 7 https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixae027
Keywords: allopatry, DNA barcoding, genomics, species delimitation, target enrichment.
Subject: Agriades glandon, Coenonympha tullia.

Churkin S. & Yakovlev R. 2024.
Short review of Clossiana freija (Thunberg, 1791) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) from Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia with the description of two new subspecies.
Ecologica Montenegrina 71: 101-111 https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.71.9
Keywords: Biodiversity, taxonomy, new subspecies, Clossiana, freija, Saur, Mongolia, fauna.

Dapporto L, Menchetti M., Dincă V., Talavera G, Garcia-Berro A., D'Ercole J., Hebert P & Vila R. 2024.
The genetic legacy of the Quaternary ice ages for West Palearctic butterflies.
Science Advances 10(38) https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adm8596

Lam N., Ivanov V., Dapporto L., Vila R., Mutanen M. & Dincă V. 2024.
Conservation implications of a genomic-based taxonomy for threatened allopatric Agriades butterflies.
Insect Conservation and Diversity 2024: 1-14 https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12771
Keywords: admixture, allopatry, ddRADseq, genetic structure, species delimitation, Wolbachia.
Subject: genus Agriades.

Wright C., Stevens L., Mackintosh A., Lawniczak M. & Blaxter M. 2024.
Comparative genomics reveals the dynamics of chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera.
Nature Ecology & Evolution 8, 777–790 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02329-4

Balletto E., Barbero F., Bonelli S., Casacci L. & Dapporto L. 2024.
On Linnaeus’ (1764) butterfly type materials missing from the Museum of Evolution of Uppsala University (Section of Zoology) and the case of Papilio hermione.
Nota Lepidopterologica. 47: 163–170 https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.47.127357

Boulaouad B, Harzallah B, Missoum M, Ayyach K & Verovnik R. 2024.
Photographic survey of Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) in southern Algeria with the first record of the sky-blue Cupid, Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888) for the country.
Natura Croatica. https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2024.33.12
Keywords: butterfly records, Tamanrasset province, Adrar des Ifoghas, Afrotropical region, checklist, photography.

Braby M.F., Hsu Y-F & Lamas G. 2024.
Review. How to describe a new species in zoology and avoid mistakes.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024, XX, 1–16. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae043/7664331
Keywords: code, description, new species, nomenclature, taxonomy, zoology.

Kühn E., Harpke A., Schmitt T., Settele J. & Kühn I. 2024.
Counting butterflies—are old-fashioned ways of recording data obsolete?
Journal of Insect Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-024-00577-0
Keywords: citizen science, Butterfly monitoring, Data entry tools, Loss of species knowledge.

Svenningsen C.S., Peters B., Bowler D.E., Dunn R.R., Bonn A. & Tøttrup A.P. 2024.
Insect biomass shows a stronger decrease than species richness along urban gradients.
Insect Conservation and Diversity. https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/icad.12694
Keywords: citizen science, Diptera, insect declines, insect monitoring, invertebrates, land use.

Goded M., Ursul G., Baz A. & Wilson R. J. 2024.
Changes to butterfly phenology versus elevation range after four decades of warming in the mountains of central Spain.
Journal of Insect Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-024-00561-8
Keywords: Lepidoptera, Entomology collections, Altitude gradient, Emergence time, Growing season, Iberian peninsula.

Hinojosa J.C., Marques V., Mesa L.S., Dapporto L., Dincă V. & Vila R. 2024.
Can species endure massive introgression? Genomic evidence of asymmetric gene flow in Melitaea butterflies.
Systematic Entomology. 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12631
Keywords: ddRADseq, hybridisation, introgression, Lepidoptera, phylogeography.
Subjec: Melitaea phoebe, M. ornata, M. pseudornata, M. punica, M.telona.

Marafi M.A.J. & Cuvelier S. 2024.
A new family (Hesperiidae) for the butterfly fauna of the State of Kuwait.
Phegea 52(1): 29-42. DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.25126037
Keywords: Kuwait, Faunistics, Papilionoidea, Hesperiidae, Gegenes nostrodamus, Pelopidas mathias, Comparative morphology, Male and female genitalia.

Dufresnes C., Poyarkov N.A. & Jablonski D. 2024.
Reply to Lukhtanov: Polytypic species: Old wine in a new bottle.
PNAS 121(9). e2321819121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2321819121

Lukhtanov V.A. 2024.
Polytypic species concept and subspecies in the genomic era.
PNAS 121(9). e2317038121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2317038121

Jablonski D. & Dufresnes C. 2024.
Nomenclatural censorship puts biodiversity conservation and taxonomic science at risk.
Alytes 41 (1–4): 1–4. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0AF7BAA5-8AAD-4DEA-A917-32CBE3F4CC93

Vences M., Miralles A. & Dufresnes C. 2024.
Next-generation species delimitation and taxonomy: Implications for biogeography.
Journal of Biogeography. 00:1–14. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14807
Keywords: general lineage concept, hybrid zones, integrative taxonomy, population lineage, species delimitation, species inventory

Toussaint E.F.A., Gillett C.P.D.T. & Löbl I. 2024.
Comment. The fate of natural history museums in the face of good intentions.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. XX, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blae012

Marques V., Hinojosa J.C., Dapporto L., Talavera G., Stefanescu C., Gutiérrez D. & Vila R. 2024.
The opposed forces of differentiation and admixture across glacial cycles in the butterfly Aglais urticae.
Molecular Ecology. 00:e17304. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17304
Keywords: Aglais urticae, gene flow, glacial cycles, isolation, relict lineages.

Baini S. & De Biase A. 2024.
Filling knowledge gaps in insect conservation by leveraging genetic data from public archives.
Database. 00, Article ID baae002. https://zenodo.org/records/8375181

Nazari V., Alario S.M., Spilani L., Dincă V., Naderi A., ten Hagen W. & Vila R. 2024.
Co-Evolution of Iolana Blues with Their Host Plants and the Higher Phylogeny of Subtribe Scolitantidina (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae).
Diversity. 16, 89. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16020089
Keywords: blue butterflies, Palearctic, historical biogeography, comparative phylogenetics, co-evolution, co-cladogenesis.

Lucek K., Blattner L., Cornet C., Chittaro Y., Erhardt A., Jaun A., Jost B., Winiger N., Wymann H.-P. & Dušej G. 2024.
Towards a genomic resolution of the Phengaris alcon species complex.
Conservation Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-024-01605-x
Keywords: Cryptic species, Biodiversity genomics, Lepidoptera, Butterfly, Conservation.

Gajski D., Wolff J.O., Melcher A., Weber S., Prost S., Krehenwinkel H. & Kennedy S.R. 2024.
Facilitating taxonomy and phylogenetics: An informative and cost-effective protocol integrating long amplicon PCRs and third-generation sequencing.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 192 107988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107988

Clarke H.E. 2024.
A checklist of European butterfly larval foodplants.
Ecology and Evolution. 14:e10834. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.10834
Keywords: Europe, habitat, host plants, Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea.

Habel J.C., Schmitt T., Gros P. & Ulrich W. 2024.
Active around the year: Butterflies and moths adapt their life cycles to a warming world.
Global Change Biology. 30:e17103. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17103
Keywords: butterflies, climate change, early spring, generations, long-term observations, moths, prolonged vegetation period, temporal shifts.

Dufresnes C., Poyarkov N.A. & Jablonski D. 2023.
Acknowledging more biodiversity without more species.
PNAS 120(40). e2302424120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2302424120
Keywords: conservation, genomics, hybrid zones.

Conix S., Cuypers V., Zachos F.E. & De Block A. 2023.
Taxonomic disagreement about ranks in gray-area taxa: A vignette study.
BioScience. 0 , 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad081
Keywords: gray-area taxa, species delimitation, methods in taxonomy, vignette study, taxonomic disagreement.

John E., Aksolyu E., Baglar H. & FFrench Constant R. 2023.
Larval polymorphism in Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Danainae) and the reappearance of its mimic Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalinae) in Cyprus.
Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 159: 217–230. doi: 10.31184/M00138908.1594.4215
Keywords: Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Danaus chrysippus: larval and pupal polymorphism, adult D. chrysippus behaviour, Hypolimnas misippus, migration, Mediterranean basin, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey.

Pecsenye K., Bereczki J., Hollós A. & Varga Z. 2023.
Evolutionary significant units (ESUs) and functional conservation units (FCUs) in the Phengaris (Maculinea) nausithous populations of East‑Central Europe.
Biologia futura 74: 445-455. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42977-024-00211-9
Keywords: Evolutionary significant unit (ESU), Maculinea teleius, Enzyme polymorphism, genetic differentiation.

Sparacio I., Surdo S., Pasta S., Lo Duca R. & La Mantia T. 2022.
Past and current distribution of Charaxes jasius jasius (Linnaeus, 1767) (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae) in Sicily in relation to its host plant, Arbutus unedo L. (Ericaceae).
Biodiversity Journal, 13(4): 955–967. https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2022.13.4.955.967
Keywords: Ecology, plant-insect interactions, trophic niche.

Gergely P. & Hudák T. 2021.
Revision of Threatened Butterfly Species in Hungary (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
Lepidopterologica Hungarica 17(1): 27–39. https://epa.oszk.hu/04100/04137
Keywords: Hungary, butterfly, threat, conservation status.

Capblancq T, Després L & Mavárez J. 2020.
Genetic, morphological and ecological variation across a sharp hybrid zone between two alpine butterfly species.
Evolutionary Applications 13:1435–1450. https ://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12925
Keywords: Alps, Coenonympha, genetic cline, hybrid zone, morphometrics, speciation.

Wiemers M., Chazot N., Wheat C.W., Schweiger O. & Wahlberg N. 2020.
A complete time-calibrated multi-gene phylogeny of the European butterflies.
ZooKeys 938: 97–124. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.938.50878
Keywords: Butterflies of Europe, divergence times, macroecology, phylogeny, time tree.

 
 

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