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Butterflies

Known as: Butterfly, Papilionoidea 
Slender-bodies diurnal insects having large, broad wings often strikingly colored and patterned.
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species
The evolutionary importance of hybridization and introgression has long been debated. Hybrids are usually rare and unfit, but… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Differences in the climatic debts of birds and butterflies at a continental scale
Climate changes have profound effects on the distribution of numerous plant and animal species(1-3). However, whether and how… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Monitoring change in the abundance and distribution of insects using butterflies and other indicator groups
  • J. A. Thomas
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B…
  • 2005
  • Corpus ID: 26176557
Conservative estimates suggest that 50–90% of the existing insect species on Earth have still to be discovered, yet the named… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Light on the moth-eye corneal nipple array of butterflies
The outer surface of the facet lenses in the compound eyes of moths consists of an array of excessive cuticular protuberances… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Comparative Losses of British Butterflies, Birds, and Plants and the Global Extinction Crisis
There is growing concern about increased population, regional, and global extinctions of species. A key question is whether… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
From birds to butterflies: animal movement patterns and stable isotopes.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Rapid responses of British butterflies to opposing forces of climate and habitat change
Habitat degradation and climate change are thought to be altering the distributions and abundances of animals and plants… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Plant volatiles as a defense against insect herbivores
Leaves normally release small quantities of volatile chemicals, but when a plant is damaged by herbivorous insects, many more… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Tropical Forest Remnants: Ecology, Management and Conservation of Fragmented Communities
  • W. Laurance
  • Environmental Conservation
  • 1996
  • Corpus ID: 54776056
The fragmentation of the tropical rain forests is the subject of this study, which looks at the devastating damage caused to… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Rapid morphological radiation and convergence among races of the butterfly Heliconius erato inferred from patterns of mitochondrial DNA evolution.
  • A. Brower
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
  • 1994
  • Corpus ID: 34065326
The neotropical Heliconius butterflies are famous examples of Müllerian mimicry, due to the diverse array of shared, brightly… 
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