POSTER SESSION

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    Evolutionary ecology

  1. Arun, Alok - Investigating olfactory communication in the bush brown butterfly Bicyclus anynana: selecting reference genes for quantitative real-time expression analyses.
  2. Watanabe, Mamoru - Adaptive significance of pre-overwinter copulation in females with non-overwinter males in the Japanese common grass yellow, Eurema mandarina
  3. Augustine, Kate - Biogeography of butterfly oviposition preference and larval performance on a native and invasive host plant
  4. Barbero, Francesca - Evolutionary aspects of lycaenid acoustic emissions
  5. Baumle, Veronique - Targeting the genes involved in male sex pheromone reception in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana: a step forward for understanding the evolution of chemical communication.
  6. Beirão, Marina - Spatial distribution of fruit feeding butterflies along an altitudinal gradient in Brazil
  7. Bennett, Nichole - Geographic mosaics of phenology, host preference, adult size and microhabitat choice predict butterfly resilience to climate warming
  8. Boggs, Carol - Beyond offspring number-size trade-offs
  9. Fountain, Toby - Interactive effects of resource limitation and genetic background on the metabolic performance of the Glanville fritillary butterfly
  10. Kaminski, Lucas - Immature stages of Kolana (Lycaenidae), with a preliminary assessment of functional morphology and distribution of nectary organs in Neotropical Eumaeini
  11. Kaminski, Lucas - Specific host-ant associations reveal cryptic species in the myrmecophilous butterfly genus Aricoris (Riodinidae)
  12. Kaminski, Lucas - Nirodia belphegor (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae), life history and systematic position of an endangered butterfly from the “campos rupestres” of southeast Brazil
  13. Karlsson Green, Kristina - The effects of mildew-infected diet on the butterfly Melitaea cinxia
  14. Kivelä, Sami - Seasonality maintains alternative life history phenotypes in butterflies
  15. Lees, David - Insights into adaptive radiation of butterflies (Mycalesina) from species distributional modelling: Africa and Madagascar compared
  16. MacLean, Heidi - Historical and geographic variation in wing melanin an alpine butterfly in relation to climate
  17. Mota, Luísa Lima - Ants provide visual cues for oviposition in the facultative myrmecophilous butterfly Parrhasius polibetes (Lycaenidae)
  18. Nokelainen, Ossi - Changes in predator community structure shifts the efficacy of two warning signals in Arctiid moths
  19. Seymoure, Brett - The band matters: Evidence for disruptive coloration in a butterfly - the Banded Peacock
  20. Steward, Rachel - Revealing variation in a Pieris oleracea population adapting to invasive garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
  21. Stålhandske, Sandra - Dissecting geographic variation in diapause phenology of the orange tip butterfly
  22. Su, Shiyu - Mimetic resemblance of butterflies from an avian visual perspective
  23. Suisto, Kaisa - Honest signal of chemical defence is costly for the aposematic Wood tiger moth Parasemia plantaginis
  24. Teder, Tiit - Sex difference in development time: a universal prerequisite for sexual size dimorphism in insects (with the exception of butterflies)
  25. Genomic basis of adaptations

  26. Backström, Niclas - Speciation genomics in Leptidea butterflies
  27. Keehnen, Naomi - Genome-wide analysis of immune genes and their local adaptations in Pieris napi
  28. Neethiraj, Ramprasad - Using population re-sequencing data and a poor genome to scan for selection
  29. Oostra, Vicencio - Developmental signature of the ageing-related transcriptional profile in a seasonal butterfly
  30. Woronik, Alyssa - Exploring the genetic and metabolic basis for the Alba phenotype in Colias butterflies, and its evolutionary implications.
  31. Dispersal and conservation

  32. Andersen, Anne - Population genetics of reintroduced large blue butterflies in the UK, and their source population
  33. Atencio, Guilherme Wagner Gutierrez - Evaluation of the influence of habitat conversion in the distribution of the endangered swallowtail butterfly Euryades corethrus (Papilionidae, Troidini) using Species Distribution Models (SDMs) and functional connectivity tools from GIS
  34. Barreto, Francisco Candido Cardoso - Potential Distribution of Stegosatyrus periphas Godart, [1824] (Nymphalidae, Satyrini, Euptychiina) and factors influencing their distribution
  35. Bartonova, Alena - Life history traits of butterfly assemblages reflect topography and landscape context of Czech nature reserves
  36. Bonebrake, Timothy - Disturbance and climate interaction effects on a forest butterfly community in Vietnam
  37. Cardoso, Marcio Zikan - Movement and functional connectivity in a guild of tropical fruit-feeding butterflies
  38. Carreira, J. Y. O. - Community structure and vertical stratification of fruit-feeding butterflies in two different landscapes of Atlantic Rain Forest
  39. Carreira, J. Y. O. - Population biology of Memphis appias (Hübner, [1825]) (Nymphalidae: Charaxinae) in Southeastern Brazil
  40. Carreira, J. Y. O. - Temporal variation of fruit-feeding butterflies in the Atlantic Forest
  41. Casacci, Luca Pietro - Dispersal abilities and habitat preferences of the Euphydryas aurinia complex
  42. Dubois, Quentin - Sampling scheme optimization for microsatellite-based population genetic studies
  43. Falzoi, Matteo - Intraspecific variation and genetic structure of the Corsican swallowtail, Papilio hospiton Gené (Papilionidae)
  44. Fred, Marianne - Assisted colonization of the endangered butterfly Parnassius apollo in southern Finland
  45. Freitas, André - Atlantic Forest butterflies in Southeastern Brazil: Updating on endangered butterflies distribution, systematics and biology after three years of maximized inventories
  46. Iserhard, Cristiano - How urbanization affects multiple dimensions of biodiversity in tropical butterfly assemblages
  47. Iserhard, Cristiano - Modeling the spatial distribution of Symmachia arion, an endangered butterfly from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
  48. Keyghobadi, Nusha - Local habitat patch conditions correspond to patterns of neutral and adaptive genetic variation in naturally fragmented populations of a butterfly
  49. Khan, Kawsar - Check list of butterflies of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  50. Konvicka, Martin - Land Abandonment in Eastern Mediterranean – effects on butterfly communities
  51. Maes, Dirk - The Grayling butterfly along the Belgian coast: patch characteristics and landscape connectivity
  52. Mega, Nicolás Oliveira - Diversity of swallowtail butterflies on non-Amazon South American ecoregions: elements of species composition, characterization of biogeographic units and evaluation of conservation status.
  53. Mega, Nicolás Oliveira - Mind the gap: towards the filling of butterfly biodiversity information using species distribution models and geographic information systems tools
  54. Meister, Hendrik - Host plant preference in Euphydryas aurinia in Estonia
  55. Palmer, Georgina - Variable rates of response by Lepidoptera species to climate change
  56. Pierce, Amanda - Determining the effects of monarch butterfly migration and range expansion on population structure
  57. Quadros, Marina - How Pine silviculture and Atlantic Forest habitats shape butterfly diversity: a conservation approach
  58. Romanowski, Helena Piccoli - Evaluation of the fauna of frugivorous butterflies through three sampling procedures in southwestern Amazonia, Brazil.
  59. Romanowski, Helena Piccoli - The “Butterflies of Rio Grande do Sul” Programme – 21 years of research in South Brazil
  60. Santos, Jessie - Vertical stratification of fruit-feeding butterflies community in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
  61. Seraphim, Noemy - Population genetics and the conservation of the endangered butterfly Parides ascanius (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in Brazil.
  62. Teixeira, Melissa Oliveira - Patterns of beta diversity of butterfly assemblies from the Southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest
  63. Teixeira, Melissa Oliveira - The distribution of frugivorous butterflies in two biomes of extreme south, Brazil
  64. Tiitsaar, Anu - To graze or not to graze? Overgrazing appears to be higher threat than abandonment
  65. Tropek, Robert - Ash deposit as a stronghold for the critically endangered Grayling (Hipparchia semele) in the Czech Republic
  66. Tropek, Robert - Conservation biogeography of Afromontane butterflies in the Gulf of Guinea Highlands
  67. Tsang, Toby - What are the mechanisms governing species-distribution patterns in Hong Kong urban parks?
  68. Viljur, Mari-Liis - Forest openings provide alternative habitats for grassland butterflies
  69. Willmott, Keith - Microclimate variability significantly affects the composition, abundance and phenology of butterfly communities in a highly threatened Neotropical dry forest
  70. Sexual selection

  71. Bergman, Martin- Visual mate detection in a territorial butterfly – the effect of object brightness and background
  72. Mega, Nicolás Oliveira - Captivity experiments and in silico simulations indicates that large males of Dryas iulia (Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) have better mating success than their smaller conspecifics
  73. Mérot, Claire - How to resist the sexual attractiveness of a co-mimic?
  74. General butterfly biology

  75. Boppré, Michael - Peculiarities of the hindwing androconia of Eryphanis butterflies (Lep.: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Brassolini)
  76. Brattström, Oskar - The fate of seasonal plasticity under relaxed selection
  77. Curtis, Robin - The rise and demise of the Glanville Fritillary: is Britain’s rarest butterfly about to go extinct?
  78. Dincă, Vlad - DNA barcoding of Iberian butterflies enables a continental-scale assessment of potential cryptic diversity
  79. Ferrer-Paris, José R. - Factors affecting the distribution of two species of African Charaxes: the role of hostplant distribution, environmental covariates and biogeography
  80. Ferrer-Paris, José R. - The need to integrate experts, web-based tools and communities to create a truly global biological information system for butterflies
  81. Ferrer-Paris, José R. - The role of hostplants, vegetation and climate in limiting the distribution of South African butterflies
  82. Holm, Sille - A comparative perspective on life span in geometrid moths
  83. Krenn, Harald W. - World record holder in proboscis length of butterflies: the Neotropical skipper Damas immaculata (Hesperiidae)
  84. Kunte, Krushnamegh - Evolution of morphological diversity and sexual dimorphism in Argynnis butterflies
  85. Kunte, Krushnamegh - Evolutionary assembly of butterfly mimicry rings in the Western Ghats, India
  86. Kunte, Krushnamegh - Mimicry on the wing: Flight morphology and kinematics in a mimetic butterfly and its model
  87. Kunte, Krushnamegh - Taking stock: advancing taxonomic, ecological and conservation research on Indian butterflies
  88. Ledger, Sophie - The role of volunteers in museum collections - a case study at the NHM, London
  89. Lindman, Ly - The importance of host plants of four endangered butterfly species
  90. Linton, Jessica - The Butterflies of Waterloo Region: Species Scarcity Rankings and a Transect-based Analysis along an Urban Gradient
  91. Nail, Kelly - Cool caterpillars: measuring the cold hardiness of immature monarchs
  92. Posledovich, Diana - Diapause termination and post-diapause development in relation to phenological specialization in two temperate butterflies
  93. Rastas, Pasi - Lep-MAP: fast and accurate linkage map construction tool for large SNP datasets
  94. Roland, Jens - Effect of annual weather variation vs short-term weather extremes on population change of the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus in the Rocky Mountains.
  95. Shreeharsha, T T - Evolution and development of insect wings: A comparative analysis of the genome-wide targets of the Hox protein Ultrabithorax in Bombyx mori, Apis mellifera and Drosophila melanogaster
  96. Simonsen, Thomas - Metamorphosis revealed: micro-CT scanning as a tool for studying Lepidoptera development
  97. Simonsen, Thomas - Virtual dissections: exploring micro-CT scanning as a method for non-destructive ‘dissection’ of valuable Lepidoptera material.
  98. Vilbas, Margus - Habitat requirements of the endangered parasitic butterfly Phengaris arion close to its northern distribution limit
  99. Walters, James - Sex chromosome dosage compensation in Heliconius butterflies
  100. Warchola, Norah - Temperature and fire increase ant-tending of Fender's blue butterfly larvae
  101. Whitaker, Melissa - The Butterfly Guide: Developing mobile tools for biodiversity informatics and natural history education
  102. Wiemers, Martin - Climatic niche characteristics of the butterflies in Europe (CLIMBER) – a new database for measuring the response of butterflies to climatic changes
  103. Butterflies as hosts

  104. Duplouy, Anne - Beauty and the Beast: Lepidoptera and their Endosymbionts
  105. Rosa, Elena - Encapsulation response and other immunological assays in the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia)
  106. Silva-Brandão, Karina L. - Is the presence of Wolbachia responsible for the high species diversity within Actinote pellenea species complex?
  107. Woestmann, Luisa - Immunological maternal effects in the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia)
  108. Evolutionary phylogenetics

  109. Barbosa, Eduardo - Molecular phylogeny of the genus Yphthimoides (Satyrinae: Euptychiina)
  110. Dupuis, Julian - Temporal hybrid dynamics in the Papilio machaon species group in western Canada
  111. Faltynek Fric, Zdenek - Anomalous areas and butterflies – phylogeny of Leptotes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
  112. Frolov, Artem - Cryptic diversity in Driopa (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Parnassiinae) butterflies
  113. Joshi, Jahnavi - Diversification and biogeography of the Papilio (Menelaides) swallowtail butterflies of the Indo-Australian Region
  114. Kreuzinger, Angelina - Tracing the radiation of Maniola (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) butterflies: new insights from phylogeography hint at one single incompletely differentiated species complex
  115. Lohman, David - Out of Africa and back again: the biogeography of Melanitis butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
  116. Lohman, David - Who’s the Monarch’s sister? Gene conflict in the phylogeny of Danaus butterflies (Nymphalidae: Danainae)
  117. Magaldi, L. M. - The phylogeny of Stalachtis (Riodinidae) and considerations on mimicry patterns evolution
  118. Marí-Mena, Neus - Mark-recapture and genetic estimates of population size in a protected moth
  119. Novikova, Anastasia - DNA-barcoding survey revealed necessity of taxonomic revision of Israeli butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)
  120. Silva, Ana Kristina - Development and characterization of microsatellite loci in the White Morpho butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), from Brazilian Atlantic Forest
  121. Talavera, Gerard - Making phylogenetically comprehensible the hyperdiverse Polyommatina butterflies
  122. Toussaint, Emmanuel F.A. - Cryptic Diversification of Ornamental Butterflies across Tropical Biodiversity Hotspots
  123. Trasatti, Alessandra - 'Bad' species? RADsequencing, DNA barcoding, and a role for Wolbachia in the evolutionary history of the Erebia tyndarus species complex.
  124. Vershinina, Alisa - Cytogenetic mechanisms and evolutionary dynamics of chromosome number evolution in butterflies (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
  125. Vishnevskaya, Maria - Hidden diversity of Caucasian blues of the Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) ripartii species complex (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae): Assessing species taxa by chromosomal and molecular data
  126. Yen, Shen-Horn - Morphological phylogeny of the Batesian-mimicking butterfly genus Elymnias Hübner, 1818 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
  127. Zubek, Anna - Cryptic species of Perisama (Nymphalidae, Biblidinae) from the Cordillera de Merida in Venezuela
  128. Behavioural ecology

  129. Montgomery, Stephen - The brain of Godyris zavaleta, an olfactorily driven butterfly: general layout and sexual dimorphism.
  130. Olofsson, Martin - Deimatic display in the European swallowtail butterfly as a secondary defence against attacks from great tits
  131. Yen, Shen-Horn - Using optical properties of wing metallic sheen to evaluate the mimicry relationships between Elymnias hypermnestra and the sympatric Euploea species