List of Niklas Wahlberg's Publications

Articles in refereed journals:

In reverse chronological order
Open access = Open Access, click on DOI link to download a pdf.

  1. Nolen, Z. J., Jamelska, P. K., Torres Lara, A. S., Wahlberg, N. & Runemark, A. 2024: Species-specific loss of genetic diversity and accumulation of genetic load following agricultural intensification. BioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.07.616612 Open access
  2. Deng, J., Stroinski, A., Szwedo, J., Ghanavi, H. R., Yapar, E., Franco, D. C., Prus-Frankowska, M., Michalik, A., Wahlberg, N. & Lukasik, P. 2024: Phylogenomics resolves the relationship and the evolutionary history of planthoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). BioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2024.07.26.605304 Open access
  3. Halali, S., Yapar, E., Wheat, C. W., Wahlberg, N., Gotthard, K., Chazot, N., Nylin, S. & Lehmann, P. 2024: Tempo and mode of diapause evolution in butterflies. EcoEvoRxiv doi: 10.32942/X2CG7H, published version doi:10.1093/evlett/qrae054 Open access
  4. Call, E., Twort, V. G., Espeland, M. & Wahlberg, N. 2023: One Method to Sequence Them All? Comparison between Whole-Genome Sequencing (WGS) and Target Enrichment (TE) of museum specimens from the moth families Epicopeiidae and Sematuridae (Lepidoptera). BioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2023.08.21.553699 Open access
  5. Dort, H., van der Bijl, W., Wahlberg, N., Nylin, S. & Wheat, C.W. 2023: Genome-wide gene birth-death dynamics are associated with diet breadth variation in Lepidoptera. BioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2023.04.11.536384 Open access
  6. Vila, R., Lohse, K., Hayward, A., Laetsch, D. R., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, Wahlberg, N. & Darwin Tree of Life Consortium. 2022: The genome sequence of the white admiral, Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764) [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Res 2022, 7:298 doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18594.1 Open access
  7. Lohse, K., Vila, R., Hayward, A., Laetsch, D. R., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, Wahlberg, N. & Darwin Tree of Life Consortium. 2022: The genome sequence of the high brown fritillary, Fabriciana adippe (Dennis & Schiffermüller, 1775) [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]. Wellcome Open Res 2022, 7:298 doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18569.1 Open access
  8. Chazot, N., Faurby, S., van Swaay, C., Ekroos, J., Wahlberg, N., Bacon, C. D. & Antonelli, A. 2022: Large-scale assessment of habitat quality and quantity change on declining European butterflies. BioRxiv doi:10.1101/2022.09.29.510048 Open access
  9. Zahiri, R., Holloway, J. D., Rota, J., Schmidt, C., Pellinen, M. J., Kitching, I. J., Miller, S. E. & Wahlberg, N. 2022: Evolutionary history of Euteliidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). BioRxiv doi:10.1101/2022.09.26.508383, published version doi:10.1111/syen.12587 Open access
  10. Zahiri, R., Holloway, J. D., Ghanavi, H. R., Aarvik, L. & Wahlberg, N. 2022: The phylogenetic placement of an enigmatic moth Egybolis vaillantina based on museomics. BioRxiv doi:10.1101/2022.09.27.509790 Open access
  11. Roger, F., Ghanavi, H., Danielsson, N. N., Wahlberg, N., Löndahl, J., Pettersson, L. B., Andersson, G. K.S., Boke-Olén, N. & Clough, Y. 2021: Airborne environmental DNA metabarcoding for the monitoring of terrestrial insects - a proof of concept. BioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2021.07.26.453860, published version doi:10.1002/edn3.290 Open access
  12. Ghanavi, H. R., Twort, V., Hartman, T. J., Zahiri, R. & Wahlberg, N. 2021: The (non) accuracy of mitochondrial genomes for family level phylogenetics: the case of erebid moths (Lepidoptera; Erebidae). BioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2021.07.14.452330, published version doi:10.1111/zsc.12559 Open access
  13. Rota, J., Twort, V. G., Chiocchio, A., Peña, C., Wheat, C. W., Kaila, L. & Wahlberg, N. 2021: The unresolved phylogenomic tree of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera): assessing the potential causes and consequences. BioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2021.04.09.439156, published version doi:10.1111/syen.12545 Open access
  14. Chazot, N., Condamine, F., Dudas, G., Peña, C. Matos-Maravi, P., Freitas, A. V. L., Willmott, K. R., Elias, M., Warren, A., Aduse-Poku, K., Lohman, D. J., Penz, C. M., DeVries, P., Kodandaramaiah, U., Fric, Z. F., Nylin, S., Muller, C., Wheat, C., Kawahara, A. Y., Silva-Brandão, K. L., Lamas, G., Zubek, A., Ortiz-Acevedo, E., Vila, R., Vane-Wright, R. I., Mullen, S. P., Jiggins, C. D., Slamova, I. & Wahlberg, N. 2020: The latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae): conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories. BioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2020.04.16.045575, published version doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25906-8 Open access
  15. Twort, V. G., Minet, J., Wheat, C. W., Wahlberg, N. 2020: Museomics of a rare taxon: placing Whalleyanidae in the Lepidoptera Tree of Life. BioArxiv. doi:10.1101/2020.08.18.255182, published version doi:10.1111/syen.12503 Open access
  16. Duplouy, A., Pranter, R., Warren-Gash, H., Tropek, R. & Wahlberg, N. 2020: Unravelling Wolbachia global exchange: a contribution from the Bicyclus and Mylothris butterflies in the Afrotropics. Research Square doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-43538/v1, published version doi:10.1186/s12866-020-02011-2 Open access
  17. Matos-Maraví, P., Wahlberg, N., Freitas, A. V. L., DeVries, P. J., Antonelli, A. & Penz, C. 2019: Mesoamerica is a cradle and the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is a museum of Neotropical butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Brassolini). BioRxiv. doi:10.1101/762393, published version doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blab034 Open access
  18. Wiemers, M., Chazot, N., Wheat, C. W., Schweiger, O. & Wahlberg, N. 2019: A complete time-calibrated multi-gene phylogeny of the European butterflies. BioRxiv. doi:10.1101/844175, published version doi:10.3897/zookeys.938.50878 Open access
  19. Chazot, N., Wahlberg, N., Freitas, A. V. L., Mitter, C., Labandeira, C., Sohn, J.-C., Sahoo, R. K., Seraphim, N., de Jong, R. & Heikkilä, M. 2018: The trials and tribulations of priors and posteriors in Bayesian timing of divergence analyses: the age of butterflies revisited. BioRxiv. doi:10.1101/259184, published version doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz002 Open access
  20. Keegan, K., Lafontaine, J. D., Wahlberg, N. & Wagner, D. 2018: Towards Resolving and Redefining Amphipyrinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae): a Massively Polyphyletic Taxon. BioRxiv. doi:10.1101/271478, published version doi:10.1111/syen.12336
  21. Matos-Maraví, P., Wahlberg, N., Antonelli, A. & Penz, C. 2018: Species limits in butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): Reconciling classical taxonomy with the multispecies coalescent. BioRxiv. doi:10.1101/451039, published version doi:10.1111/syen.12352 Open access
  22. Rota, J., Malm, T., & Wahlberg, N. 2017: A simple method for data partitioning based on relative evolutionary rates. PeerJ Preprints. doi:10.7287/peerj.preprints.3414v1, published version doi:10.7717/peerj.5498 Open access

    2025

  1. Deng, J., Stroinski, A., Szwedo, J., Ghanavi, H. R., Yapar, E., Franco, D. C., Prus-Frankowska, M., Michalik, A., Wahlberg, N. & Lukasik, P. 2025: Phylogenomics provides insights into the relationship and the evolutionary history of planthoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). Systematic Entomology, in press.
  2. Mo, S., Zhu, Y., Braga, M. P., Lohman, D. J., Nylin, S., Moumou, A., Wheat, C. W., Wahlberg, N., Wang, M., Ma, F., Zhang, P. & Wang, H. 2025: Rapid evolution of host repertoire and geographic range in a young and diverse genus of montane butterflies. Systematic Biology, in press. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syae061
  3. Halali, S., Yapar, E., Wheat, C. W., Wahlberg, N., Gotthard, K., Chazot, N., Nylin, S. & Lehmann, P. 2025: Tempo and mode of winter diapause evolution in butterflies. Evolution Letters, in press. doi:10.1093/evlett/qrae054 Open access
  4. Ghanavi, H. R., Chazot, N., Sanmartín, I., Murillo-Ramos, L., Duchêne, S., Sihvonen, P., Brehm, G. & Wahlberg, N. 2025: Region-specific diversification dynamics and biogeographic history of one of the most diverse families of insects. Systematic Entomology, in press. doi:10.1111/syen.12651
  5. Greenwood, M. P., 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: 108222. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108222 Open access
  6. 2024

  7. Hévin, N. M.-C., Goldstein, P. Z., Aduse-Poku. K., Barbut, J., Mitchell, A., Zilli, A., Clamens, A.-L., Capdevielle-Dulac, C., Wahlberg, N., Le Ru, B. P. & Kergoat, G. J. 2024: Habitat opening fostered diversity: Impact of dispersal and habitat-shifts in the diversification of a speciose Afrotropical insect group. Ecography 2024: e07258. doi:10.1111/ecog.07258 Open access
  8. Wutke, S., Blank, S.M., Boevé, J.-L., Faircloth, B.C., Koch, F., Linnen, C., Malm, T., Niu, G., Prous, M., Schiff, N., Schmidt, S., Taeger, A., Vilhelmsen, L., Wahlberg, N., Wei, M. & Nyman, T. 2024: Phylogenomics and biogeography of sawflies and woodwasps (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 199: 108144. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108144 Open access
  9. Dort, H., van der Bijl, W., Wahlberg, N., Nylin, S. & Wheat, C.W. 2023: Genome-wide gene birth-death dynamics are associated with diet breadth variation in Lepidoptera. Genome Biology and Evolution 16: evae095. doi:10.1093/gbe/evae095 Open access
  10. Liang, J., Zhu, Y., Solovyev, A. V., He, M., Lohman, D. J., Wahlberg, N., Li, W., Li, J., Wang, M., Liang, D. & Wang, H. 2024: A phylogenetic framework of Palaearctic and Indomalayan Limacodidae (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea) based on sequence capture data. Systematic Entomology 49: 495-506. doi:10.1111/syen.12626
  11. Nokelainen, O., Silvasti, S. A., Strauss, S. Y., Wahlberg, N. & Mappes, J. 2024: Predator selection on phenotypic variability of cryptic and aposematic moths. Nature Communications 15: 1678 doi:10.1038/s41467-024-45329-5 Open access
  12. Rosa A.H.B., Barbosa E.P., Wahlberg N., Freitas A.V.L. 2024: Systematic position and conservation aspects of Melinaea mnasias thera (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae). Nature Conservation Research 9(1). doi:10.24189/ncr.2024.001 Open access
  13. Garzón-Orduña, I. J., Silva-Brandão, K. L., Willmott, K., Freitas, A. V. L., Wahlberg, N. & Brower, A. V. Z. 2024: Wing pattern diversity in Eunica butterflies (Nymphalidae: Biblidinae): phylogenetic analysis reveals decoupled adaptive trends in dorsal sexual dimorphism and ventral eyespot evolution. Cladistics 40: 1-20. doi:10.1111/cla.12556 Open access
  14. 2023

  15. Núñez, R., Genaro, J. A., Miller, J. Y., Barro-Cañamero, A., Álvarez, Y., Fernández, D. M., Minno, M. C., Turner, T., Turlan, V., Wahlberg, N., Pérez-Asso, A. R. & Hausmann, A. 2023: DNA barcodes of the Greater Antillean butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) suggest a richer, more isolated fauna and higher endemism. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 140: 447-458. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blad015
  16. Murillo-Ramos, L., Twort, V., Wahlberg, N. & Sihvonen, P. 2023: A phylogenomic perspective on the relationships of subfamilies in the family Geometridae (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology 48: 618-632. doi:10.1111/syen.12594 Open access
  17. Zahiri, R., Holloway, J. D., Ghanavi, H. R., Aarvik, L. & Wahlberg, N. 2023: The phylogenetic placement of an enigmatic moth Egybolis vaillantina based on museomics. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 2: 1. doi:10.18061/bssb.v2i1.9248 Open access
  18. Zahiri, R., Holloway, J. D., Rota, J., Schmidt, B. C., Pellinen, M. J., Kitching, I. J., Miller, S. E. & Wahlberg, N. 2023: Evolutionary history of Euteliidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Systematic Entomology 48: 445-462. doi:10.1111/syen.12587 Open access
  19. Laine, V., Sävilammi, T., Wahlberg, N., Meramo, K., Ossa, G., Johnson, J. S., Blomberg, A. S., Yeszhanov, A. B., Yung, V., Paterson, S. & Lilley, T. M. 2023: Whole-genome analysis reveals contrasting relationships among nuclear and mitochondrial genomes between three sympatric bat species. Genome Biology and Evolution 15: evac175 doi:10.1093/gbe/evac175 Open access
  20. 2022

  21. Vila, R., Lohse, K., Hayward, A., Laetsch, D. R., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, Wahlberg, N. & Darwin Tree of Life Consortium. 2022: The genome sequence of the white admiral, Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764) [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Res 2022, 7:298 doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18594.1 Open access
  22. Lohse, K., Vila, R., Hayward, A., Laetsch, D. R., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, Wahlberg, N. & Darwin Tree of Life Consortium. 2022: The genome sequence of the high brown fritillary, Fabriciana adippe (Dennis & Schiffermüller, 1775) [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]. Wellcome Open Res 2022, 7:298 doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18569.1 Open access
  23. Fric, Z. F., Martinkova, B., Rindos, M., Bartonova, A. S., Wahlberg, N. & Maresova, J. 2022: Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Symbrenthia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) correlates with the past geography of the Oriental region. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 177: 107605. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107605
  24. Ghanavi, H. R., Twort, V., Hartman, T. J., Zahiri, R. & Wahlberg, N. 2022: The (non) accuracy of mitochondrial genomes for family level phylogenetics: the case of erebid moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). Zoologica Scripta 51: 695-707. doi:10.1111/zsc.12559 Open access
  25. Rota, J., Twort, V. G., Chiocchio, A., Peña, C., Wheat, C. W., Kaila, L. & Wahlberg, N. 2022: The unresolved phylogenomic tree of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera): assessing the potential causes and consequences. Systematic Entomology 47: 531-550. doi:10.1111/syen.12545 Open access
  26. Roger, F., Ghanavi, H., Danielsson, N. N., Wahlberg, N., Löndahl, J., Pettersson, L. B., Andersson, G. K.S., Boke-Olén, N. & Clough, Y. 2022: Airborne environmental DNA metabarcoding for the monitoring of terrestrial insects - a proof of concept from the field. Environmental DNA 4: 790-807. doi:10.1002/edn3.290 Open access
  27. Aduse-Poku, K., van Bergen, E., Sáfián, S., Collins, S. C., Etienne, R. S., Herrera-Alsina, L., Brakefield, P. M., Brattström, O., Lohman, D. J. & Wahlberg, N. 2022: Miocene climate and habitat change drove insect diversification in Africa. Systematic Biology 71: 570–588. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syab066 Open access
  28. 2021

  29. Chazot, N., Condamine, F., Dudas, G., Peña, C., Kodandaramaiah, U., Matos-Maraví, P., Aduse-Poku, K., Elias, M., Warren, A. D., Lohman, D., Penz, C., DeVries, P., Fric, Z. F., Nylin, S., Müller, C., Kawahara, A. Y., Silva-Brandao, K., Lamas, G., Kleckova, I., Zubek, A., Ortiz-Acevedo, E., Vila, R., Vane-Wright, R., Mullen, S., Jiggins, C. D., Wheat, C. W., Freitas, A. V. L. & Wahlberg, N. 2021: Conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories explain the latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies. Nature Communications 12: 5717. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25906-8 Open access
  30. Murillo-Ramos, L., Sihvonen, P., Brehm, G., Ríos-Malaver, I. C. & Wahlberg, N. 2021: A database and checklist of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera) from Colombia. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e68693. doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e68693 Open access
  31. Przybyłowicz, Ł., Wiorek, M., Przystałkowska, A. & Wahlberg, N. 2021: Alone on an island: The reassessment of an enigmatic species of Handmaiden Moth (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) endemic to Mauritius. Zoologica Scripta 50: 752-768. doi:10.1111/zsc.12508 Open access
  32. Twort, V. G., Minet, J., Wheat, C. W., Wahlberg, N. 2021: Museomics of a rare taxon: placing Whalleyanidae in the Lepidoptera Tree of Life. Systematic Entomology 46: 926-937. doi:10.1111/syen.12503 Open access, detailed lab protocols doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.12927500
  33. Sihvonen, P., Murillo-Ramos, L., Wahlberg, N., Hausmann, A., Zilli, A., Ochse, M. & Staude, H. 2021: Insect taxonomy can be difficult: a noctuid moth (Agaristinae: Aletopus imperialis) and a geometrid moth (Sterrhinae: Cartaletis dargei) combined into a cryptic species complex in eastern Africa (Lepidoptera). PeerJ 9:e11613 doi:10.7717/peerj.11613 Open access
  34. Corvellec, H., Hultman, J., Jerneck, A., Arvidsson, S., Ekroos, J., Wahlberg, N. & Luke, T. 2021: Resourcification – a non-essentialist theory of resources for sustainable development. Sustainable Development 29: 1249-1256. doi:10.1002/sd.2222 Open access
  35. Hultman, J., Corvellec, H., Jerneck, A., Arvidsson, S., Ekroos, J., Gustafsson, C., Lundh-Nilsson, F. & Wahlberg, N. 2021: A resourcification manifesto: Understanding the social process of resources becoming resources. Research Policy 50: 104297 doi:10.1016/j.respol.2021.104297 Open access
  36. Moraes, S. S., Murillo-Ramos, L., Machado, P. A., Ghanavi, H. R., Magaldi, L. M., Silva-Brandão, K. L., Kato, M. J., Freitas, A. V. L. & Wahlberg, N. 2021: A double-edged sword: unrecognized cryptic diversity and taxonomic impediment in Eois (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Zoologica Scripta 50: 633-646. doi:10.1111/zsc.12488
  37. Matos-Maraví, P., Wahlberg, N., Freitas, A. V. L., DeVries, P. J., Antonelli, A. & Penz, C. 2021: Mesoamerica is a cradle and the Atlantic Forest is a museum of Neotropical butterfly diversity: Insights from the evolution and biogeography of Brassolini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 133: 704-724. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blab034 Open access
  38. Murillo-Ramos, L., Chazot, N., Sihvonen, P., Õunap, E., Jiang, N., Han, H., Clarke, J. T., Davis, R. B., Tammaru, T. & Wahlberg, N. 2021: Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography and diversification patterns of a diverse group of moths (Geometridae: Boarmiini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 162: 107198. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107198 Open access
  39. Keegan, K. L., Rota, J., Zahiri, R., Zili, A., Wahlberg, N., Schmidt, B. C., Lafontaine, J. D., Goldstein, P. Z. & Wagner, D. L. 2021: Towards a stable global Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) taxonomy. Insect Systematics & Diversity 5(3): 1. doi:10.1093/isd/ixab005
  40. Murillo-Ramos, L., Brehm, G., William, S., Friedrich, E., Wahlberg, N. & Sihvonen, P. 2021: A morphological appraisal of the new subfamily Epidesmiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) with an overview of all geometrid subfamilies. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 193: 1205-1233. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa189 Open access
  41. Call, E., Mayer, C., Dietz, L., Twort, V., Wahlberg, N. & Espeland, M. 2021: Museomics: phylogenomics of the moth family Epicopeiidae (Lepidoptera) using target enrichment. Insect Systematics & Diversity 5(2): 6 doi:10.1093/isd/ixaa021 Open access
  42. Pellinen,, M. & Wahlberg, N. 2021: Changes in the genus Beana Walker (Beaninae Zahiri & Holloway) with two new species and removing Beana nitida Tams to a new genus Beanoides (gen. nov.). Zootaxa 4941: 415-424. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4941.3.6
  43. Bartoňová, A. S., Konvička, M., Marešová, J., Wiemers, M., Ignatev, N., Wahlberg, N., Schmitt, T. & Fric, Z. F. 2021: Wolbachia infestation and mitochondrial population structure in two systems of closely related Palaearctic lycaenid butterflies co-inhabiting Europe. Scientific Reports 11: 3019. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-82433-8 Open access
  44. 2020

  45. van der Bijl, W., Zeuss, D., Chazot, N., Tunström, K., Wahlberg, N., Wiklund, C., Fitzpatrick, J. L. & Wheat, C. W. 2020: Butterfly dichromatism primarily evolved via Darwin’s, not Wallace’s, model. Evolution Letters 4: 545-555. doi:10.1002/evl3.199 Open access
  46. Cassel-Lundhagen, A., Schmitt, T., Wahlberg, N., Sarvašová, L., Konvička, M., Ryrholm, N. & Kaňuch, P. 2020: Wing morphology of the butterfly Coenonympha arcania in Europe: traces of both historical isolation in glacial refugia and current adaptation. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 58: 929-943. doi:10.1111/jzs.12360
  47. Duplouy, A., Pranter, R., Warren-Gash, H., Tropek, R. & Wahlberg, N. 2020: Towards unravelling Wolbachia global exchange: a contribution from the Bicyclus and Mylothris butterflies in the Afrotropics. BMC Microbiology 20: 319. doi:10.1186/s12866-020-02011-2 Open access
  48. Ma, L., Zhang, Y., Lohman, D. J., Wahlberg, N., Ma, F., Nylin, S., Janz, N., Yago, M., Aduse-Poku, K., Peggie, D., Wang, M., Zhang, P. & Wang, H. 2020: A phylogenomic tree inferred with an inexpensive PCR-generated probe kit resolves higher-level relationships among Neptis butterflies (Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae). Systematic Entomology 45: 924-934. doi:10.1111/syen.12435
  49. Chen, L., Wahlberg, N., Liao, C.-Q., Wang, C.-B., Ma, F.-Z. & Huang, G.-H. 2020: Fourteen complete mitochondrial genomes of butterflies from the genus Lethe (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) with mitogenome-based phylogenetic analysis. Genomics 112: 4435-4441. doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.07.042
  50. 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 Open access
  51. Sihvonen, P., Murillo-Ramos, L., Brehm, G., Staude H. & Wahlberg, N. 2020: Molecular phylogeny of Sterrhinae moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): towards a global classification. Systematic Entomology 45: 606-634. doi:10.1111/syen.12418 Open access
  52. Wahlberg, N., Marešová, J., Murillo-Ramos, L., Collins, S. & Wu, L.-W. 2020: The phylogenetic positions of Bhagadatta Moore, 1898, Kumothales Overlaet, 1940 and Harmilla Aurivillius, 1892 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae) based on molecular data. Nota Lepidopterologica 43: 167-171. doi:10.3897/nl.43.50307 Open access
  53. Bartoňová, A. S., Konvička, M., Marešová, J., Kolev, Z., Wahlberg, N. & Fric, Z. F. 2020: Recently lost connectivity in the Western Palaearctic steppes: the case of a scarce specialist butterfly. Conservation Genetics 21: 561-575. doi:10.1007/s10592-020-01271-9
  54. Molleman, F., Javoiš, J., Davis, R. B., Whitaker, M. R. L., Tammaru, T., Prinzing, A., Õunap, E., Wahlberg, N., Kodandaramaiah, U., Aduse-Poku, K., Kaasik, A. & Carey, J. R. 2020: Quantifying the effects of species traits on predation risk in nature: a comparative study of butterfly wing damage. Journal of Animal Ecology 89: 716-729. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13139
  55. Núñez, R., Genaro, J. A., Pérez-Asso, A., Murillo-Ramos, L., Janzen, D. H., Hallwachs, W., Wahlberg, N. & Hausmann, A. 2020: Species delimitation and evolutionary relationships among Phoebis New World sulphur butterflies (Lepidoptera, Pieridae, Coliadinae). Systematic Entomology 45: 481-492. doi:10.1111/syen.12408
  56. Warren-Gash, H., Aduse-Poku, K., Murillo-Ramos, L. & Wahlberg, N. 2020: Systematics and evolution of the African butterfly genus Mylothris (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Nota Lepidopterologica 43: 1-14. doi:10.3897/nl.43.46354 Open access
  57. Bakker, F. T., Antonelli, A., Clarke, J., Cook, J. A., Edwards, S., Ericson, P. G. P., Faurby, S., Ferrand, N., Gelang, M., Gillespie, R., Irestedt, M., Lundin, K., Larsson, E., Matos-Maraví, P., Müller, J., von Proschwitz, T., Roderick, G. Schliep, A., Wahlberg, N. & Källersjö, M. 2020: The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary biology and public education. PeerJ 8: e8225. doi:10.7717/peerj.8225 Open access
  58. 2019

  59. Brehm, G., Murillo-Ramos, L., Sihvonen, P., Hausmann, A., Schmidt, B. C., Õunap, E., Moser, A., Mörtter, R., Bolt, D., Bodner, F., Lindt, A., Parra, L. E. & Wahlberg, N. 2019: New World geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, taxonomic updates and description of 11 new tribes. Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 77: 417-431. doi:10.26049/ASP77-3-2019-5 Open access
  60. Arrizabalaga-Escudero, A., Merckx, T., García-Baquero, G., Wahlberg, N., Aizpurua, O., Garin, I., Goiti, U. & Aihartza, J. 2019: Trait-based functional dietary analysis provides a better insight into the foraging ecology of bats. Journal of Animal Ecology 88: 1587-1600. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13055
  61. Matos-Maraví, P., Wahlberg, N., Antonelli, A. & Penz, C. 2019: Species limits in butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): Reconciling classical taxonomy with the multispecies coalescent. Systematic Entomology 44: 745-756. doi:10.1111/syen.12352 Open access
  62. Murillo-Ramos, L., Brehm, G., Sihvonen, P., Hausmann, A., Holm, S., Ghanavi, H. R., Õunap, E., Truuverk, A., Staude, H., Friedrich, E., Tammaru, T. & Wahlberg, N. 2019: A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) with a focus on enigmatic small subfamilies. PeerJ 7: e7386. doi:10.7717/peerj.7386 Open access
  63. Chazot, N., Wahlberg, N., Freitas, A. V. L., Mitter, C., Labandeira, C., Sohn, J.-C., Sahoo, R. K., Seraphim, N., de Jong, R. & Heikkilä, M. 2019: Priors and posteriors in Bayesian timing of divergence analyses: the age of butterflies revisited. Systematic Biology 68: 797-813. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz002 Open access
  64. Nyman, T., Onstein, R. E., Silvestro, D., Wutke, S., Taeger, A., Wahlberg, N., Blank, S. M. & Malm, T. 2019: The early wasp plucks the flower: disparate extant diversity of sawfly superfamilies (Hymenoptera: 'Symphyta') may reflect asynchronous switching to angiosperm hosts. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 128: 1-19. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blz071
  65. Przybyłowicz, L., Lees, D. C., Zenker, M. M. & Wahlberg, N. 2019: Molecular systematics of the arctiine tribe Syntomini (Lepidoptera, Erebidae). Systematic Entomology 44: 624-637. doi:10.1111/syen.12343
  66. Matos-Maraví, P., Ritter, C. D., Barnes, C. J., Nielsen, M., Olsson, U., Wahlberg, N., Marquina, D., Sääksjärvi, I. & Antonelli, A. 2019: Biodiversity seen through the perspective of insects: 10 simple rules on methodological choices and experimental design for genomic studies. PeerJ 7: e6727. doi:10.7717/peerj.6727 Open access
  67. Keegan, K., Lafontaine, J. D., Wahlberg, N. & Wagner, D. 2019: Towards resolving and redefining Amphipyrinae: a massively polyphyletic taxon (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae). Systematic Entomology 44: 451-464. doi:10.1111/syen.12336, for an OA version see BioRxivOpen access
  68. Bravo, G. A., Antonelli, A., Bacon, C. D., Bartoszek, K., Blom, M. P. K., Huynh, S., Jones, G., Knowles, L. L., Lamichhaney, S., Marcussen, T., Morlon, H., Nakhleh, L. K., Oxelman, B., Pfeil, B., Schliep, A., Wahlberg, N., Werneck, F. P., Wiedenhoeft, J., Willows-Munro, S. & Edwards, S. V. 2019: Embracing heterogeneity: coalescing on the Tree of Life and the future of phylogenomics. PeerJ 7: e6399. doi:10.7717/peerj.6399 Open access
  69. Wang, H., Holloway, J. D., Wahlberg, N., Wang, M. & Nylin, S. 2019: Molecular phylogenetic and morphological studies on the systematic position of Heracula discivitta reveal a new subfamily of Pseudobistonidae (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea). Systematic Entomology 44: 211-225. doi:10.1111/syen.12326 Open access
  70. 2018

  71. Wiemers, M., Balletto, E., Dincă, V., Fric, Z. F., Lamas, G., Lukhtanov, V., Munguira, M. L., van Swaay, C. A. M., Vila, R., Vliegenthart, A., Wahlberg, N. & Verovnik, R. 2018: An updated checklist of the European butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). ZooKeys 811: 9-45. doi:10.3897/zookeys.811.28712 Open access
  72. Lee, K. M., Kivelä, S. M., Ivanov, V., Hausmann, A., Kaila, L., Wahlberg, N. & Mutanen, M. 2018: Information dropout patterns in RAD phylogenomics and a comparison with multilocus Sanger data in a species-rich moth genus. Systematic Biology 67: 925-939. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syy029
  73. Honkola, T., Ruokolainen, K., Syrjänen, K. J. J., Leinonen, U.-P., Tammi, I., Wahlberg, N. & Vesakoski, O. 2018: Evolution within a language: Environmental differences contribute to divergence of dialect groups. BMC Evolutionary Biology 18: 132. doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1238-6 Open access
  74. Kodandaramaiah, U., Braby, M. F., Grund, R., Müller, C. J. & Wahlberg, N. 2018: Phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and diversification of Coenonymphina butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): inter-continental dispersal of a southern Gondwanan group? Systematic Entomology 43: 798-809. doi:10.1111/syen.12303
  75. Rota, J., Malm, T., Chazot, N., Peña, C. & Wahlberg, N. 2018: A simple method for data partitioning based on relative evolutionary rates. PeerJ 6: e5498 doi:10.7717/peerj.5498 Open access
  76. Jusoh, W. F. A., Ballantyne, L., Lambkin, C. L., Hashim, N. R. & Wahlberg, N. 2018: The firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier revisited (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa 4456: 1-71. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4456.1.1
  77. Seraphim, N., Kaminski, L. A., DeVries, P. J., Penz, C., Callaghan, C., Wahlberg, N., Silva-Brandão, K. L. & Freitas, A. V. L. 2018: Molecular phylogeny and higher systematics of metalmark butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Systematic Entomology 43: 407-425. doi:10.1111/syen.12282
  78. Sahoo, R. K., Lohman, D. J., Wahlberg, N., Müller, C. J., Brattström, O., Collins, S. C., Peggie, D., Aduse-Poku, K. & Kodandaramaiah, U. 2018: Evolution of Hypolimnas butterflies (Nymphalidae): Out-of-Africa origin and Wolbachia-mediated introgression. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 123: 50-58. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.001
  79. Dhungel, B. & Wahlberg, N. 2018: Molecular systematics of the subfamily Limenitidinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). PeerJ 6: e4311. doi:10.7717/peerj.4311 Open access
  80. 2017

  81. Wang, H., Holloway, J. D., Janz, N., Braga, M. P., Wahlberg, N., Wang, M. & Nylin, S. 2017: Polyphagy and diversification in tussock moths: support for the oscillation hypothesis from extreme generalists. Ecology and Evolution 7: 7975-7986. doi:10.1002/ece3.3350 Open access
  82. de Moya, R. S., Savage, W. K., Tenney, C., Bao, X., Wahlberg, N. & Hill, R. I. 2017: Interrelationships and diversification of Argynnis Fabricius and Speyeria Scudder butterflies. Systematic Entomology 42: 635-649. doi:10.1111/syen.12236 Open access
  83. Lehtonen, S., Silvestro, D., Karger, D. N., Scotese, C., Tuomisto, H., Kessler, M., Peña, C., Wahlberg, N. & Antonelli, A. 2017: Environmentally driven extinction and opportunistic origination explain fern diversification patterns. Scientific Reports 7: 4831. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-05263-7 Open access
  84. Wibowo, A., Wahlberg, N. & Vasemägi, A. 2017: DNA Barcoding of fish larvae reveals uncharacterized biodiversity in tropical peat swamps of New Guinea, Indonesia. Marine & Freshwater Research 68: 1079-1087. doi:10.1071/MF16078
  85. Ahola, V., Wahlberg, N. & Frilander, M. J. 2017: Butterfly genomics: insights from the genome of Melitaea cinxia. Annales Zoologici Fennici 54: 275-291. pdf Open access
  86. Tóth, J. P., Varga, Z., Verovnik, R., Wahlberg, N., Váradi, A. & Bereczki, J. 2017: Mito-nuclear discordance helps to reveal the phylogeographic patterns of Melitaea ornata (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 121: 267-281. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blw037
  87. Zenker, M. M., Wahlberg, N., Brehm, G., Teston, J. A., Przybylowicz, L., Pie, M. R. & Freitas, A. V. L. 2017: Systematics and origin of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) in the Neotropical region. Zoologica Scripta 46: 348-362. doi:10.1111/zsc.12202
  88. Aduse-Poku, K., Brakefield, P. M., Wahlberg, N. & Brattström, O. 2017: Expanded molecular phylogeny of the genus Bicyclus shows the importance of increased sampling for detecting semi-cryptic species and highlights potentials for future studies. Systematics and Biodiversity 15: 115-130. doi:10.1080/14772000.2016.1226979 Open access
  89. 2016

  90. Sahoo, R. K., Warren, A. D., Wahlberg, N., Brower, A. V. Z., Lukhtanov, V. A. & Kodandaramaiah, U. 2016: Ten genes and two topologies: an exploration of higher relationships in skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae). PeerJ 4: e2653. doi:10.7717/peerj.2653 Open access
  91. Rönkä, K., Mappes, J., Kaila, L. & Wahlberg, N. 2016: Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology 41: 844-853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194 Open access
  92. Aduse-Poku, K., Lees, D. C., Brattström, O., Kodandaramaiah, U., Wahlberg, N. & Brakefield, P. M. 2016: Molecular phylogeny and generic-level taxonomy of the widespread palaeotropical 'Heteropsis clade' (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Mycalesina). Systematic Entomology 41: 717-731. doi:10.1111/syen.12183
  93. Wahlberg, N., Peña, C., Ahola, M., Wheat, C.W. & Rota, J. 2016: PCR primers for 30 novel gene regions in the nuclear genomes of Lepidoptera. ZooKeys 596: 129-141. doi:10.3897/zookeys.596.8399 Open access
  94. Freitas, A. V. L., Barbosa, E. P., Willmott, K. R., Wahlberg, N. & Lamas, G. 2016: 'Species' from two different butterfly genera combined into one: description of a new genus of Euptychiina (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with unusually variable wing pattern. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 60: 157-165. doi:10.1016/j.rbe.2016.01.004 Open access
  95. Janz, N., Braga, M. P., Wahlberg, N. & Nylin, S. 2016: On oscillations and flutterings - a reply to Hamm and Fordyce. Evolution 70: 1150-1155. doi:10.1111/evo.12927
  96. Björkgren, I., Alvarez, L., Blank, N., Balbach, M., Turunen, H., Laajala, T. D., Toivanen, J., Krutskikh, A., Wahlberg, N., Huhtaniemi, I., Poutanen, M., Wachten, D. & Sipilä, P. 2016: Targeted inactivation of the mouse epididymal beta-defensin 41 alters sperm flagellar beat pattern and zona pellucida binding. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 427: 143-154. doi:10.1016/j.mce.2016.03.013
  97. Vesterinen, E. J., Ruokolainen, L., Wahlberg, N., Peña, C., Roslin, T., Laine, V. N., Vasko, V., Sääksjärvi, I. E., Norrdahl, K. & Lilley, T. M. 2016: What you need is what you eat? Prey selection by the bat Myotis daubentonii. Molecular Ecology 25: 1581-1594. doi:10.1111/mec.13564
  98. Rota, J., Zacharczenko, B. V., Wahlberg, N., Zahiri, R., Schmidt, B. C. & Wagner, D. L. 2016: Phylogenetic relationships of Acronictinae with discussion of the abdominal courtship brush in Noctuidae (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology 41: 416-429. doi:10.1111/syen.12162
  99. 2015

  100. Kaminski, L. A., Soares, G. R., Seraphim, N., Wahlberg, N., Marini-Filho, O. J. & Freitas, A. V. L. 2015: Natural history and systematic position of Rhetus belphegor (n. comb.) (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae), an endangered butterfly with narrow distribution in Southeast Brazil. Journal of Insect Conservation 19: 1141-1151. doi:10.1007/s10841-015-9829-7
  101. Heikkilä, M., Mutanen, M., Wahlberg, N., Sihvonen, P. & Kaila, L. 2015: Elusive ditrysian phylogeny: an account of combining systematized morphology with molecular data (Lepidoptera). BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 260. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0520-0 Open access
  102. Wang, H., Wahlberg, N., Holloway, J. D., Bergsten, J., Fan, X., Janzen, D. H., Hallwachs, W., Wen, L., Wang, M. & Nylin, S. 2015: Molecular phylogeny of Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae) inferred from eight gene regions. Cladistics 31: 579-592. doi:10.1111/cla.12108
  103. Pellinen, M. J. & Wahlberg, N. 2015: A new species of Niganda Moore 1879, from Thailand and description of variation in the male genitalia and female facies of N. radialis Moore (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae, Ceirinae). Zootaxa 4033: 94-102. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.4
  104. Jaakkola, M., Ojanen, M., Hurme, E., Mutanen, M., Wahlberg, N., Välimäki, P. & Kaitala, A. 2015: Morphological variation between populations of the expanding ectoparasitic Deer ked Lipoptena cervi (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) in Fennoscandia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 116: 432-448. doi:10.1111/bij.12587
  105. Peña, C., Witthauer, H., Kleckova, I., Fric, Z. & Wahlberg, N. 2015: Adaptive radiations in butterflies: Evolutionary history of the genus Erebia (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 116: 449-467. doi:10.1111/bij.12597
  106. Aduse-Poku, K., Brattström, O., Kodandaramaiah, U., Lees, D. C., Brakefield, P. & Wahlberg, N. 2015: Systematics and historical biogeography of the Old World butterfly subtribe Mycalesina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 167. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0449-3 Open access
  107. Edger, P. P., Heidel-Fischer, H. M., Bekaert, M., Rota, J., Glöckner, G., Platts, A. E., Heckel, D. G., Der, J., Wafula, E., Tang, M., Hofberger, J. A., Smithson, A., Hall, J. C., Blanchette, M., Bureau, T. E., Wright, S. I., dePamphilis, C. W., Schranz, M. E., Barker, M. S., Conant, G. C., Wahlberg, N., Vogel, H., Pires, J. C. & Wheat, C. W. 2015: The butterfly plant arms-race escalated by gene and genome duplications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 112: 8362-8366. doi:10.1073/pnas.1503926112 Open access
  108. Rajaei, H. S., Greve, C., Letsch, H., Stüning, D., Wahlberg, N., Minet, J. & Misof, B. 2015: Advances in Geometroidea phylogeny, with characterization of a new family based on Pseudobiston pinratanai (Lepidoptera, Glossata). Zoologica Scripta 44: 418-436. doi:10.1111/zsc.12108
  109. Freitas, A. V. L., Lewinsohn, T. M., Magaldi, L. M. & Wahlberg, N. 2015: A new subspecies of Anthanassa (Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae: Melitaeini) from Southeastern Brazil. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 69: 83-90. doi:0.18473/lepi.69i2.a9
  110. Kozak, K. M., Wahlberg, N., Neild, A., Dasmahapatra, K., Mallet, J. & Jiggins, C. D. 2015: Multilocus species trees show the recent adaptive radiation of the mimetic Heliconius butterflies. Systematic Biology 64: 505-524. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syv007 Open access
  111. Kristensen, N. P., Hilton, D. J., Kallies, A., Milla, L., Rota, J., Wahlberg, N., Wilcox, S. A., Glatz, R. V., Young, D. A., Cocking, G., Edwards, T., Gibbs, G. W. & Halsey, M. 2015: A new extant family of primitive moths from Kangaroo Island, Australia and its significance for understanding early Lepidoptera evolution. Systematic Entomology 40: 5-16. doi:10.1111/syen.12115 Open access
  112. 2014

  113. Jusoh, W. A. F., Hashim, N. R., Sääksjärvi, I. E., Adam, N. A. & Wahlberg, N. 2014: Species delineation of Malaysian mangrove fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) using DNA barcodes. Coleopterists’ Bulletin 68: 703-711. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-68.4.703
  114. Wahlberg, N., Rota, J., Braby, M. F., Pierce, N. P. & Wheat, C. W. 2014: Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data. Zoologica Scripta 43: 641-650. doi:10.1111/zsc.12075
  115. Tóth, J. P., Bereczki, J., Varga, Z., Rota, J., Sramkó, G. & Wahlberg, N. 2014: Relationships within the Melitaea phoebe species group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): new insights from molecular and morphometric information. Systematic Entomology 39: 749-757. doi:10.1111/syen.12083
  116. Lehtinen, J., Honkola, T., Korhonen, K., Syrjänen, K., Wahlberg, N. & Vesakoski, O. 2014: Behind family trees: Secondary connections in Uralic language networks. Language Dynamics and Change 4: 189-221. doi:10.1163/22105832-00402007
  117. Matos-Maraví, P. F., Núñez Águila, R., Peña, C., Miller, J. Y., Sourakov, A. & Wahlberg, N. 2014: Causes of endemic radiation in the Caribbean: evidence from the historical biogeography and diversification of the butterfly genus Calisto (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Satyrini). BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 199. doi:10.1186/s12862-014-0199-7 Open access
  118. Ahola, V., Lehtonen, R., Somervuo, P., Salmela, L., Koskinen, P., Rastas, P., Välimäki, N., Paulin, L., Kvist, J., Wahlberg, N., Tanskanen, J., Hornett, E. A., Ferguson, L. C., Luo, S., Cao, Z., de Jong, M. A., Duplouy, A., Smolander, O.-P., Vogel, H., McCoy, R. C., Qian, K., Chong, W. S., Zhang, Q., Ahmad, F., Haukka, J. K., Joshi, A., Salojärvi, J., Wheat, C. W., Grosse-Wilde, E., Hughes, D., Katainen, R., Pitkänen, E., Ylinen, J., Waterhouse, R. M., Turunen, M., Vähärautio, A., Schulman, A. H., Taipale, M., Lawson, D., Ukkonen, E., Mäkinen, V., Goldsmith, M. R., Holm, L., Auvinen, P., Frilander, M. J. & Hanski, I. 2014: The Glanville fritillary genome retains an ancient karyotype and reveals selective chromosomal fusions in Lepidoptera. Nature Communications 5: 4737. doi:10.1038/ncomms5737 Open access
  119. Zaspel, J. M., Weller, S. J., Wardwell, C. T., Zahiri, R. & Wahlberg, N. 2014: Phylogeny and evolution of pharmacophagy in tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). PLoS ONE 9(7): e101975. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101975 Open access
  120. Haapa-Paananen, S., Wahlberg, N. & Savilahti, H. 2014: Phylogenetic analysis of Maverick/Polinton giant transposons across organisms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 78: 271-274. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.024
  121. Freitas, A. V. L., Kaminski, L. A., Iserhard, C. A., Magaldi, L. M., Wahlberg, N., Silva-Brandão, K. L. & Marini-Filho, O. J. 2014: Paulogramma hydarnis (n. comb.) (Nymphalidae: Biblidinae): distribution, systematic position, and conservation status of a rare and endangered butterfly. Neotropical Entomology 43: 218-226. doi:10.1007/s13744-014-0200-6
  122. Mousavi, S. A., Österman, J., Wahlberg, N., Nesme, X., Lavire, C., Vial, L., Paulin, L., de Lajudie, P. & Lindström, K. 2014: Phylogeny of the Rhizobium-Allorhizobium-Agrobacterium clade supports the delineation of Neorhizobium gen. nov. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 37: 208-215. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2013.12.007
  123. 2013

  124. Kodandaramaiah, U., Simonsen, T. J., Bromilow, S., Wahlberg, N. & Sperling, F. A. H. 2013: Deceptive single-locus taxonomy and phylogeography: Wolbachia associated divergence in mitochondria DNA is not reflected in morphology and nuclear markers in a butterfly species. Ecology & Evolution, 3: 5167-5176. doi:10.1002/ece3.886 Open access
  125. Vesterinen, E. J., Lilley, T., Laine, V. N. & Wahlberg, N. 2013: Next Generation Sequencing of fecal DNA reveals the dietary diversity of the widespread insectivorous predator Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) in southwestern Finland. PLoS ONE, 8(11): e82168. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082168 Open access
  126. Thalmann, O. , Shapiro, B., Cui, P., Schuenemann, V. J., Sawyer, S. K., Greenfield, D. L., Germonpré, M. B., Sablin, M. V., López-Giráldez, F., Domingo-Roura, X., Napierala, H., Uerpmann, H.-P., Loponte, D. M., Acosta, A. A., Giemsch, L., Schmitz, R. W., Worthington, B., Buikstra, J. E., Druzhkova, A., Graphodatsky, A. S., Ovodov, N. D., Wahlberg, N., Freedman, A.H., Schweizer, R.M., Koepfli, K.-P., Leonard, J. A., Meyer, M., Krause, J., Pääbo, S., Green, R. E. & Wayne, R. K. 2013: Complete mitochondrial genomes of ancient canids suggest a European origin of domestic dogs. Science 342: 871-874. doi:10.1126/science.1243650. See press reports.
  127. Wahlberg, N., Wheat, C. W. & Peña, C. 2013: Timing and patterns in the taxonomic diversification of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). PLoS ONE, 8(11): e80875. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080875 Open access
  128. Wheat, C. W. & Wahlberg, N. 2013: Critiquing blind dating: the dangers of over-confident date estimates in comparative genomics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 28: 636-642. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2013.07.007
  129. Syrjänen, K., Honkola, T., Korhonen, K., Lehtinen, J., Vesakoski, O. & Wahlberg, N. 2013: Shedding more light on language classification using basic vocabularies and phylogenetic methods: A case study of Uralic. Diachronica, 30: 323-352. doi:10.1075/dia.30.3.02syr
  130. Landvik, M., Wahlberg, N. & Roslin, T. 2013: The identity of the Finnish Osmoderma (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) population established by COI sequencing. Entomologica Fennica, 24: 147-155. pdf
  131. Dinca, V., Wiklund, C., Lukhtanov, V. A., Kodandaramaiah, U., Norén, K., Dapporto, L., Wahlberg, N., Vila, R. & Friberg, M. 2013: Reproductive isolation and patterns of genetic and ecological variation in a cryptic butterfly species complex. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26(10): 2095-2106. doi:10.1111/jeb.12211 Open access
  132. Zahiri, R., Lafontaine, J. D., Schmidt, B. C., Holloway, J. D., Kitching, I. J., Mutanen, M. & Wahlberg, N. 2013: Relationships among the basal lineages of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) based on eight gene regions. Zoologica Scripta, 42(5): 488-507. doi:10.1111/zsc.12022
  133. Ruohomäki, K., Klemola, T., Shaw, M. R., Snäll, N., Sääksjärvi, I. E., Veijalainen, A. & Wahlberg, N. 2013: Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) larvae in Fennoscandia with description of Cotesia autumnatae Shaw, sp. n. Entomologica Fennica, 24: 65-80. pdf
  134. Malm, T., Johanson, K. A. & Wahlberg, N. 2013: The evolutionary history of Trichoptera (Insecta): A case of successful adaptation to life in freshwater. Systematic Entomology, 38: 459-473. doi:10.1111/syen.12016
  135. Honkola, T., Vesakoski, O., Korhonen, K., Lehtinen, J., Syrjänen, K. & Wahlberg, N. 2013: Cultural and climatic changes shape the evolutionary history of the Uralic languages. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26: 1244-1253. doi:10.1111/jeb.12107 Open access
  136. Núñez Aguila, R., Matos-Maraví, P. F. & Wahlberg, N. 2013: New Calisto species from Cuba, with insights on the relationships of Cuban and Bahamian taxa (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Zootaxa, 3669: 503-521. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3669.4.5
  137. Zahiri, R., Lafontaine, J. D., Holloway, J. D., Kitching, I. J., Schmidt, B. C., Kaila, L. & Wahlberg, N. 2013: Major lineages of Nolidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) elucidated by molecular phylogenetics. Cladistics 29: 337-359. doi:10.1111/cla.12001
  138. van Velzen, R., Wahlberg, N., Sosef, M. S. M. & Bakker, F. T. 2013: Effects of changing climate and host plant association on species diversification rates in Cymothoe (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) tropical forest butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108: 546-564. doi:10.1111/bij.12012 Open access
  139. Wheat, C. W. & Wahlberg, N. 2013: Phylogenomic insights into the Cambrian explosion, the colonization of land and the evolution of flight in Arthropoda. Systematic Biology 62: 93-109. doi:10.1093/sysbio/sys074 Open access
  140. Matos-Maravi, P. F., Peña, C., Willmott, K. R., Freitas, A. V. L. & Wahlberg, N. 2013: Systematics and evolutionary history of butterflies in the "Taygetis clade" (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Euptychiina): towards a better understanding of Neotropical biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 54-68. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.005
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  142. Salokannel, J., Wahlberg, N., Vesterinen, E. J., Martinez, J. & González, M. 2012: A taxonomic study of the caddisfly Oxyethira falcata Morton, 1893 (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) using genital morphology and DNA barcoding. Entomologica Fennica 23: 199-205. pdf
  143. Lehtonen, S., Wahlberg, N. & Christenhusz, M. J. M. 2012: Diversification of the lindsaeoid ferns and phylogenetic uncertainty of early polypod relationships. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 170: 489-503. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01312.x
  144. Freitas, A. V. L., Wahlberg, N., Matos-Maravi, P. F., Marin, M. A. & Mielke, O. H. H. 2012: Euptychia boulleti (Le Cerf) new combination (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), a rare and endangered butterfly from southeastern Brazil. Neotropical Entomology 41: 461-467. doi:10.1007/s13744-012-0073-5
  145. Veijalainen, A., Wahlberg, N., Broad, G. R., Erwin, T. L., Longino, J. T. & Sääksjärvi, I. E. 2012: Unprecedented ichneumonid parasitoid wasp diversity in tropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B Biological Sciences 279: 4694-4698. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.1664 Open access
  146. Zaspel, J.M., Zahiri, R., Hoy, M.A., Janzen, D., Weller, S.J. & Wahlberg, N. 2012: A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the vampire moths and their fruit-piercing relatives (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Calpinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 786-791. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.06.029
  147. Penz, C., DeVries, P. J. & Wahlberg, N. 2012: Diversification of Morpho butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae): a re-evaluation of morphological characters and new insight from DNA sequence. Systematic Entomology 37: 670-685. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00636.x
  148. Rota, J. & Wahlberg, N. 2012: Exploration of data partitioning in an eight-gene dataset: phylogeny of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae). Zoologica Scripta 41: 536-546. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00551.x
  149. Nyman, T., Linder, H. P., Peña, C., Malm, T. & Wahlberg, N. 2012: Climate-driven diversity dynamics in plants and plant-feeding insects. Ecology Letters 15: 889-898. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01782.x Open access
  150. Kodandaramaiah, U., Konvicka, M., Tammaru, T., Wahlberg, N. & Gotthard, K. 2012: Phylogeography of the woodland brown butterfly Lopinga achine (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): implications for conservation. Journal of Insect Conservation 16: 305-313. doi:10.1007/s10841-012-9465-4
  151. Rainio, M. J., Kanerva, M., Wahlberg, N., Nikinmaa, M. & Eeva, T. 2012: Variation of basal EROD activities in ten passerine bird species - relationships with diet and migration status. PLoS ONE 7: e33926. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033926 Open access
  152. Shirai, L. T., Saenko, S. V., Keller, R. A., Jerónimo, M. A., Brakefield, P. M., Descimon, H., Wahlberg, N. & Beldade, P. 2012: Evolutionary history of the recruitment of conserved transcription factors in association to the formation and diversification of a novel trait. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 21. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-21 pdf Open access
  153. Condamine, F. L., Sperling, F. A. H., Wahlberg, N., Rasplus, J.-Y. & Kergoat, G. J. 2012: What causes latitudinal gradients in species diversity? Evolutionary processes and ecological constraints on swallowtail biodiversity. Ecology Letters 15: 267-277. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01737.x
  154. Heikkilä, M., Kaila, L., Mutanen, M., Peña, C. & Wahlberg, N. 2012: Cretaceous origin and repeated Tertiary diversification of the redefined butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B Biological Sciences 279: 1093-1099. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1430
  155. Núñez Aguila, R., Oliva Plasencia, E., Matos Maravi, P. F. & Wahlberg, N. 2012: Cuban Calisto (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), a review based on morphological and DNA data. ZooKeys 165: 57-105. doi:10.3897/zookeys.165.2206 Open access
  156. Zahiri, R., Holloway, J.D., Kitching, I.J., Lafontaine, J.D., Mutanen, M. & Wahlberg, N. 2012: Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Systematic Entomology 37: 102-124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x
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  158. van Nieukerken, E.J., Kaila, L., Kitching, I.J., Kristensen, N.P., Lees, D.C., Minet, J., Mitter, C., Mutanen, M., Regier, J.C., Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Yen, S.-H., Zahiri, R., Adamski, D., Baixeras, J., Bartsch, D., Bengtsson, B.Å., Brown, J.W., Bucheli, S.R., Davis, D.R., De Prins, J., De Prins, W., Epstein, M.E., Gentili-Poole, P., Gielis, C., Hättenschwiler, P., Hausmann, A., Holloway, J.D., Kallies, A., Karsholt, O., Kawahara, A., Koster, J.C., Kozlov, M. V., Lafontaine, J. D., Lamas, G., Landry, J.-F., Lee, S., Nuss, M., Park, K.-T., Penz, C., Rota, J., Schmidt, B. C., Schintlmeister, A., Sohn, J. C., Solis, M. A., Tarmann, G. M., Warren, A. D., Weller, S., Yakovlev, V. R., Zolotuhin, V. V. & Zwick, A. 2011: Order Lepidoptera. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.), Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 212-221. pdf Open access
  159. Wahlberg, N. & Rubinoff, D. 2011: Anomalous areas and awkward ages: alleviating concerns. Systematic Entomology 36: 604-606. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00590.x
  160. Veijalainen, A., Broad, G. R., Wahlberg, N., Longino, J. T., Sääksjärvi, I. E. 2011: DNA barcoding and morphology reveal two common species in one: Pimpla molesta stat. rev. separated from P. croceipes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). ZooKeys 124: 59-70. doi:10.3897/zookeys.124.1780 Open access
  161. de Jong, M. A., Wahlberg, N., van Eijk, M., Brakefield, P.M. & Zwaan, B.J. 2011: Mitochondrial DNA signature for range-wide populations of Bicyclus anynana suggests a rapid expansion from recent refugia. PLoS ONE 6: e21385. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021385 Open access
  162. Xia, H., Wahlberg, N., Qiu, H.-J., Belák, S., Widén, F. & Liu, L. 2011: No phylogenetic evidence to support Shimen strain as the parental strain of the lapinized Chinese strain (C-strain) vaccine against classical swine fever. Archives of Virology 156: 1041-1044. doi:10.1007/s00705-011-0948-5
  163. Penz, C. M., Mohammadi, N. & Wahlberg, N. 2011: The Neotropical butterfly genus Blepolenis: wing pattern elements, phylogeny, and Pleistocene diversification (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 2897: 1-17.
  164. Mullen, S. P., Savage, W. K., Wahlberg, N. & Willmott, K. 2011: Rapid diversification and not clade age explains high diversity in neotropical Adelpha butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B Biological Sciences 278: 1777-1785. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.2140 Open access
  165. Marin, M. A., Peña, C., Freitas, A. V. L., Wahlberg, N. & Uribe, S. I. 2011: From the phylogeny of the Satyrinae butterflies to the systematics of Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae): history, progress and prospects. Neotropical Entomology 40: 1-13.
  166. Wahlberg, N. & Rubinoff, D. 2011: Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa. Systematic Entomology 36: 362-370. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x
  167. Zahiri, R., Kitching, I. J., Lafontaine, J. D., Mutanen, M., Kaila, L., Holloway, J. D. & Wahlberg, N. 2011: A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family-level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera). Zoologica Scripta 40: 158-173. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00459.x
  168. Peña, C., Nylin, S. & Wahlberg, N. 2011: The radiation of Satyrini butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): a challenge for phylogenetic methods. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 64-87. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00627.x
  169. Xia, H., Wahlberg, N., Belák, S., Meng, X. J. & Liu, L. 2011: The emergence of genotypes 3 and 4 hepatitis E virus in swine and human: a phylogenetic perspective. Archives of Virology 156: 121-124. doi:10.1007/s00705-010-0818-6
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  171. Simonsen, T. J., Wahlberg, N., Warren, A. D. & Sperling, F. A. H. 2010: The evolutionary history of Boloria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): phylogeny, zoogeography and larval foodplant relationships. Systematics and Biodiversity 8: 513-529. doi:10.1080/14772000.2010.532833 pdf
  172. Mutanen, M., Wahlberg, N. & Kaila, L. 2010: Comprehensive gene and taxon coverage elucidates radiation patterns in moths and butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B Biological Sciences 277: 2839-2848. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.0392 pdf Open access
  173. Kodandaramaiah, U., Lees, D. C., Müller, C. J., Torres, E., Karanth, P. K. & Wahlberg, N. 2010: Phylogenetics and biogeography of a spectacular Old World radiation of butterflies: the subtribe Mycalesina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrini). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 172. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-172 pdf Open access
  174. Müller, C. J., Wahlberg, N. & Beheregaray , L. B. 2010: 'After Africa' - The evolutionary history and systematics of the genus Charaxes Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Indo-Pacific Region. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 457-481. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01426.x pdf
  175. Salokannel, J., Rantala, M., & Wahlberg, N. 2010: DNA-barcoding clarifies species definitions of Finnish Apatania (Trichoptera: Apataniidae). Entomologica Fennica 21: 1-11. pdf
  176. Wahlberg, N., Snäll, N., Viidalepp, J., Ruohomäki, K. & Tammaru, T. 2010: The evolution of female flightlessness among Ennominae of the Holarctic forest zone (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 929-938. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.025 pdf
  177. Peña, C., Nylin, S., Freitas, A. V. L. & Wahlberg, N. 2010: Biogeographic history of the butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Zoologica Scripta 39: 243-258. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00421.x pdf
  178. Brower, A. V. Z., Wahlberg, N., Ogawa, J. R., Boppré, M. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 2010: Phylogenetic relationships among genera of danaine butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) as implied by morphology and DNA sequences. Systematics and Biodiversity 8: 75-89. doi:10.1080/14772001003626814 pdf
  179. Kodandaramaiah, U., Peña, C., Braby, M., Grund, R., Müller, C. J., Nylin, S. & Wahlberg, N. 2010: Phylogenetics of Coenonymphina (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) and the problem of rooting rapid radiations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 386-394. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.012 pdf
  180. Liu, L., Xia, H., Baule, C., Belák, S. & Wahlberg, N. 2010: Effects of methodology and analysis strategy on robustness of pestivirus phylogeny. Virus Research 147: 47-52. doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2009.10.004 pdf
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  182. Wahlberg, N., Leneveu, J., Kodandaramaiah, U., Peña, C., Nylin, S., Freitas, A. V. L. & Brower, A. V. Z. 2009: Nymphalid butterflies diversify following near demise at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B Biological Sciences 276: 4295-4302. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1303 pdf Open access Online supporting material can be downloaded here, also the posterior distribution of BEAST trees is online doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1410861.
  183. Aduse-Poku, K., Vingerhoedt, E. & Wahlberg, N. 2009: Out-of-Africa again: a phylogenetic hypothesis of the genus Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on 5 gene regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53: 463-478. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.021 pdf
  184. Leneveu, J., Chichvarkhin, A. & Wahlberg, N. 2009: Varying rates of diversification in the genus Melitaea (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) during the past 20 million years. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 97:346-361. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01208.x pdf.
  185. Wahlberg, N., Weingartner, E., Warren, A. D. & Nylin, S. 2009: Timing major conflict between mitochondrial and nuclear genes in species relationships of Polygonia butterflies (Nymphalidae: Nymphalini). BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:92. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-92 pdf Open access
  186. Liu, L., Xia, H., Wahlberg, N., Belák, S. & Baule, C. 2009: Phylogeny, classification and evolutionary insights into pestiviruses. Virology 385:351-357. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2008.12.004 pdf.
  187. Kodandaramaiah, U. & Wahlberg, N. 2009: Phylogeny and biogeography of Coenonympha butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) - patterns of colonization in the Holarctic. Systematic Entomology 34:315-323. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00453.x pdf.
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  189. Peña, C., & Wahlberg, N. 2008: Prehistorical climate change increased diversification of a group of butterflies. Biology Letters 4: 274-278. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0062 pdf Open access Supplementary material.
  190. Nylin, S. & Wahlberg, N. 2008: Does plasticity drive speciation? Host plant shifts and diversification in nymphaline butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) during the tertiary. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 94: 115-13. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.00964.x pdf.
  191. Wahlberg, N., & Wheat, C. W. 2008: Genomic outposts serve the phylogenomic pioneers: designing novel nuclear markers for genomic DNA extractions of Lepidoptera. Systematic Biology 57: 231-242. doi:10.1080/10635150802033006 pdf, for list of primers see Molecular Methods or download Electronic Appendices.
  192. Silva Brandão, K. L., N. Wahlberg, R. B. Francini, A. M. L. Azeredo-Espin, K. S. Brown Jr., M. Paluch, D. C. Lees, and A. V. L. Freitas. 2008: Phylogenetic relationships of butterflies of the tribe Acraeini (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) and the evolution of host plant use. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46:515-531 doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.024 pdf.
  193. Friberg, M., Bergman, M., Kullberg, J., Wahlberg, N. & Wiklund, C. 2008: Niche separation in space and time between two sympatric sister species - a case of ecological pleiotropy. Evolutionary Ecology 22: 1-18 doi:10.1007/s10682-007-9155-y pdf.
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  195. Xia, H., Liu, L., Wahlberg, N., Baule, C. and Belák, S. 2007: Molecular phylogenetic analysis of bovine viral diarrhoea virus: a Bayesian approach. Virus Research 130:53-62 doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2007.05.017 pdf.
  196. Kodandaramaiah, U. & Wahlberg, N. 2007: Out-of-Africa origin and dispersal mediated diversification of the butterfly genus Junonia (Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 2181-2191 doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01425.x pdf.
  197. Wahlberg, N. & Saccheri, I. 2007: The effects of Pleistocene glaciations on the phylogeography of Melitaea cinxia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). European Journal of Entomology 104: 675-684 doi:10.14411/eje.2007.085 pdf.
  198. Brooks, D.R., Bilewitch, J., Condy, C., Evans, D.C., Folinsbee, K.E., Fröbisch, J., Halas, D., Hill, S., McLennan, D.A., Mattern, M., Tsuji, L.A., Ward, J.L., Wahlberg, N., Zamparo, D., Zanatta, D., 2007. Quantitative phylogenetic analysis in the 21st century. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 78: 225-252 pdf.
  199. Snäll, N., Tammaru, T., Wahlberg, N., Viidalepp, J., Ruohomäki, K., Savontaus, M.-L. & Huoponen, K. 2007: Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Operophterini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae): a case study of the evolution of female flightlessness. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 92: 241-252 doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00834.x pdf.
  200. Brown Jr., K.S., Freitas, A.V.L., Wahlberg, N., von Schoultz, B., Saura, A.O., Saura, A. 2007: Chromosomal evolution in the South American Nymphalidae. Hereditas 144: 137-148. doi:10.1111/j.2007.0018-0661.02015.x Open access
  201. Wahlberg, N. & Freitas, A. V. L. 2007: Colonization of and radiation in South America by butterflies in the subtribe Phyciodina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44:1257-1272 doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.012 pdf.
  202. Fric, Z., Wahlberg, N., Pech, P. & Zrzavy, J. 2007: Phylogeny and classification of the Phengaris-Maculinea clade (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): total evidence and phylogenetic species concepts. Systematic Entomology 32:558-567. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00387.x pdf.
  203. Gatesy, J., DeSalle, R. & Wahlberg, N. 2007: How many genes should a systematist sample? Conflicting insights from a phylogenomic matrix. Systematic Biology 56: 355-363 doi:10.1080/10635150701294733 pdf.
  204. Viidalepp, J., Tammaru, T., Snäll, N., Ruohomäki, K. & Wahlberg, N. 2007: Cleorodes Warren, 1894 does not belong in the tribe Boarmiini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). European Journal of Entomology 104:303-309 doi:10.14411/eje.2007.046 pdf.
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  206. Simonsen, T. J., Wahlberg, N., Brower, A. V. Z. & de Jong, R. 2006: Morphology, molecules and Fritillaries: approaching a stable phylogeny for Argynnini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Insect Systematics and Evolution 37:405-418 pdf.
  207. Weingartner, E., N. Wahlberg, & S. Nylin. 2006: Speciation in Pararge (Satyrinae: Nymphalidae) butterflies - North Africa is the source of ancestral populations of all Pararge species. Systematic Entomology 31:621-632 pdf.
  208. Wahlberg, N. 2006: That awkward age for butterflies: insights from the age of the butterfly subfamily Nymphalinae. Systematic Biology 55:703-714. pdf
  209. Peña, C., N. Wahlberg, E. Weingartner, U. Kodandaramaiah, S. Nylin, A. V. L. Freitas, and A. V. Z. Brower. 2006: Higher level phylogeny of Satyrinae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40:29-40 pdf.
  210. Weingartner, E., N. Wahlberg, & S. Nylin. 2006: Dynamics of host plant use and species diversity: a phylogenetic investigation in Polygonia butterflies (Nymphalidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19:483-491 pdf.
  211. Janz, N., S. Nylin, & N. Wahlberg. 2006: Diversity begets diversity: host expansions and the diversification of plant-feeding insects. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6:4. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-6-4 pdf
  212. 2005

  213. Wahlberg, N., Brower, A. V. Z. & Nylin, S. 2005: Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of tribes and genera in the subfamily Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 86:227-251. pdf.
  214. Wahlberg, N., M. F. Braby, A. V. Z. Brower, R. de Jong, M.-M. Lee, S. Nylin, N. Pierce, F. A. Sperling, R. Vila, A. D. Warren, & E. Zakharov. 2005: Synergistic effects of combining morphological and molecular data in resolving the phylogeny of butterflies and skippers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 272:1577-1586.pdf Open access
  215. Päivinen, J., Grapputo, A., Kaitala, V., Komonen, A., Kotiaho, J. S., Saarinen, K. & Wahlberg, N. 2005: Negative density-distribution relationship in butterflies. BMC Biology 3:5 pdf Open access
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  217. Wahlberg, N., Weingartner, E. & Nylin, S. 2003: Towards a better understanding of the higher systematics of Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28:473-484 pdf.
  218. Wahlberg, N., & Nylin, S. 2003: Morphology versus molecules: resolution of the positions of Nymphalis, Polygonia and related genera (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Cladistics 19:213-223 pdf.
  219. Wahlberg, N., Oliveira, R. & Scott, J. A. 2003: Phylogenetic relationships of Phyciodes butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): complex mtDNA variation and species delimitations. Systematic Entomology 28:257-273 pdf.
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  221. Wahlberg, N., Klemetti, T., Selonen, V. & Hanski, I. 2002: Metapopulation structure and movements in five species of checkerspot butterflies. Oecologia 130:33-43 pdf.
  222. Wahlberg, N., Klemetti, T. & Hanski, I. 2002: Dynamic populations in a dynamic landscape: the metapopulation structure of the marsh fritillary butterfly. Ecography 25:224-232 pdf.
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  224. Wahlberg, N., Kullberg, J. & Hanski, I. 2001: Natural history of some Siberian melitaeine butterfly species (Nymphalidae: Melitaeini) and their parasitoids. Entomologica Fennica 12:72-77 pdf.
  225. Wahlberg, N. 2001: On the status of the scarce fritillary Euphydryas maturna (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Finland. Entomologica Fennica 12:244-250 pdf.
  226. Wahlberg, N. 2001: The phylogenetics and biochemistry of host plant specialization in melitaeine butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Evolution 55:522-537 pdf.
  227. Haikola, S., Fortelius, W., O'Hara, R., Kuussaari, M., Wahlberg, N., Saccheri, I. J., Singer, M. C. & Hanski, I. 2001: Inbreeding depression and the maintenance of genetic load in Melitaea cinxia metapopulations. Conservation Genetics 2:325-335 pdf.
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  229. Wahlberg, N. 2000: Comparative descriptions of the immature stages and ecology of five Finnish melitaeine butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Entomologica Fennica 11:167-174 pdf.
  230. Zimmermann, M., Wahlberg, N. & Descimon, H. 2000: Phylogeny of Euphydryas checkerspot butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93:347-355 pdf.
  231. Wahlberg, N. & Zimmermann, M. 2000. Pattern of phylogenetic relationships among members of the tribe Melitaeini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) inferred from mtDNA sequences. Cladistics 16:347-363 pdf.
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  233. Wahlberg, N., Moilanen, A. & Hanski, I. 1996: Predicting the occurrence of species in fragmented landscapes. Science 273:1536-1538. doi:10.1126/science.273.5281.1536 pdf

Book Chapters

  1. Murphy, D. D., Wahlberg, N., Hanski, I. & Ehrlich, P. R. 2004: Introducing the checkerspots: taxonomy and ecology. - In: Ehrlich, P. R. & Hanski, I. (eds.), pp. 17-33, On the Wings of Checkerspots, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  2. Wahlberg, N., Ehrlich, P. R., Boggs, C. & Hanski, I. 2004: Bay checkerspot and Glanville fritillary compared with other species. - In: Ehrlich, P. R. & Hanski, I. (eds.), pp. 219-244, On the Wings of Checkerspots, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  3. Wahlberg, N. 2005: Täpläperhosten sukulaisuussuhteet: Miten molekyylit auttavat meitä ymmärtämään heimoa? - In: Mikkola, K., Murtosaari, J, & Nissinen, K. (eds.), pp. 249-250, Perhosten Lumo, Tammi, Helsinki.
  4. Roe, A. D., Weller, S. J., Baixeras-Almela, J., Brown, J., Cummings, M., Davis, D., Horak, M., Kawahara, A., Mitter, C., Parr, C., Regier, J., Rubinoff, D., Simonsen, T. J., Wahlberg, N. & Zwick, A. 2010: Evolutionary Framework for Lepidoptera Model Systems. - In: Goldsmith, M. & Marec, F. (eds.), pp. 1-24, Genetics and Molecular Biology of Lepidoptera, CRC Press, Gainsville, FL, USA.
  5. Löfstedt, C., Wahlberg, N. & Millar, J. G. 2016: Evolutionary Patterns of Pheromone Diversity in Lepidoptera. - In: Allison, J.D. & Cardé, R.T. (eds.), pp. 43-78, Pheromone Communication in Moths: Evolution, Behavior and Application. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Theses

  • Wahlberg, N. 1995: One day in the life of a butterfly; a study of the biology of the Glanville fritillary Melitaea cinxia. M.Sc. thesis, University of Helsinki, Finland.
  • Wahlberg, N. 2000: The ecology and evolution of melitaeine butterflies. Ph.D. thesis, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Articles in nonrefereed journals:

  1. Wahlberg, N. 1988: Observations from Simbai. Muruk 3:41-47.
  2. Wahlberg, N. 1990: Barred Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles cristatus at the King Bird Tree. Muruk 4:111.
  3. Wahlberg, N. 1990: Display of the Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia atra. Muruk 4:64.
  4. Wahlberg, N. 1990: Mimicry by Singing Bushlark Mirafra javanica. Muruk 4:62.
  5. Wahlberg, N. 1990: Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis at Kanosia Lagoon, Central Province. Muruk 4:109.
  6. Wahlberg, N. 1992: Altitude range extension for the Crested Bird of Paradise Cnemophilus macgregorii. Muruk 5:92.
  7. Wahlberg, N. 1992: Observations of birds feeding in a fruiting fig Ficus sp. in Varirata National Park. Muruk 5:109-110.
  8. Chemnick, J., R. Hicks & N. Wahlberg 1993: Nesting Brown-backed Honeyeaters Ramsayornis modestus with strange plumage. Muruk 6:45.
  9. Wahlberg, N. 1993: Courtship display of the Long-billed Honeyeater Melilestes megarhynchus. Muruk 6:22.
  10. Pekkarinen, A., I. Teräs, M. Koivula, J. Pöyry & Wahlberg, N. 1994: Polymorphic melanism of bumblebees in Finland and neighbouring areas (Hymenoptera: Apidae). [In Finnish with English summary] Baptria 19:85-90.
  11. Wahlberg, N., Veistola, S. & Veistola, T. 1994. Beware - this bird is poisonous. [In Finnish] Linnut 29:34.
  12. Wahlberg, N. 1995: The reproductive biology of the Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) [In Finnish with English summary]. Baptria 20:181-187.
  13. Wahlberg, N. 1996: The life history of the false heath frtillary (Melitaea diamina) in Finland [In Finnish with English summary]. Baptria 21:113-118.
  14. Wahlberg, N., J.-P.C. Bäckman & M. Pitkänen 1996: What is the future of the false heath fritillary in the Tampere region? [In Finnish] Diamina 1996:6-10.
  15. Klemetti, T. & Wahlberg, N. 1997: The ecology and population structure of the marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) in Finland. [In Finnish with English summary] Baptria 22:87-93. pdf
  16. Wahlberg, N. 1997: The life history of the heath frtillary (Mellicta athalia) in southern Finland [In Finnish with English summary]. Baptria 22:149-153.
  17. Wahlberg, N. 1997: The life history and ecology of Melitaea diamina (Lang, 1789) (Nymphalidae) in Finland. Nota lepidopterologica 20:70-81 pdf.
  18. Wahlberg, N. 1998: The life history and ecology of Euphydryas maturna (Nymphalidae: Melitaeini) in Finland. Nota lepidopterologica 21:154-169.
  19. Wahlberg, N. 1998: Threatened species in Finland - false heath fritillary (Melitaea diamina). [In Finnish with English summary]. Suomen Ympäristö 68:1-40.
  20. Salminen, J. & Wahlberg, N. 1998: The ecology and taxonomic status of the northern subspecies of the heath fritillary (Mellicta athalia norvegica). [In Finnish with English summary] Baptria 23:186-193.
  21. Wahlberg, N. 1999: The habitat of Euphydryas maturna in Finland. [In Finnish with English summary] Baptria 24:173-177.
  22. Pöyry, J., Wahlberg, N. & Nieminen, M. 2001: Translocation of Lepidoptera in species conservation. [In Finnish with English summary] Baptria 26:18-28.
  23. Wahlberg, N. & Peña, C. 2007: A Dominican Republic sojourn. News of the Lepidopterists' Society 49:12-15.
  24. Balletto, E., Bonelli, S., Settele, J., Thomas, J. A., Verovnik, R. & Wahlberg, N. 2010: Case 3508: Maculinea Van Eecke, 1915 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): proposed precedence over Phengaris Doherty, 1891. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 67:129-132.

(Muruk is the official journal of the Papua New Guinea Bird Society and Baptria is the official journal of the Lepidopterological Society of Finland)

Editorials, book reviews, etc.

  • Wahlberg, N. 2001: Editorial. Entomologica Fennica 12:1-2.
  • Wahlberg, N. 2001: Book review/The Millenium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland. Entomologica Fennica 12:125-126.
  • Wahlberg, N. 2001: Book review/Butterflies of British Columbia. Entomologica Fennica 12:251-252.
  • Wahlberg, N. 2004: Book review/Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight. Ecology 85:879-880.
  • Wahlberg, N. 2006: Book review/Evolution of the Insects. Systematic Biology 55:692-693.
  • Wahlberg, N. & Simonsen, T. J. 2011: Virtual issue - Molecular phylogeny of Lepidoptera in the 21st century. Systematic Entomology.