Université de Fribourg

Diversification of the cold-adapted butterfly genus Oeneis related to Holarctic biogeography and climatic niche shifts

Kleckova, I. ; Cesanek, M. ; Fric, Z. ; Pellissier, Loïc

In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2015, vol. 92, p. 255–265

Both geographical and ecological speciation interact during the evolution of a clade, but the relative contribution of these processes is rarely assessed for cold-dwelling biota. Here, we investigate the role of biogeography and the evolution of ecological traits on the diversification of the Holarctic arcto-alpine butterfly genus Oeneis (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae). We reconstructed the molecular...