Diversitat i evolució de les papallones

Menchetti M, Hinojosa JC, Vila R, Wright CJ, Meier JI, Blaxter ML. 2026. The genome sequence of the Provence Hairstreak, Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Wellcome Open Research. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25725.1.

Vila R, Toro-Delgado E, Wright CJ, Meier JI, Blaxter ML, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, Project Psyche Community. 2026. The genome sequence of the Mediterranean Skipper, Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Wellcome Open Research. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25889.1.

Vila R, Fric ZF, Wright CJ, Meier JI, Blaxter ML. 2026. The genome sequence of the Short-tailed Blue, Cupido argiades (Pallas, 1771) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Wellcome Open Research. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25796.1.

Tao W, Bianchini G, Schifani E, Kay C, Grasso DA, Donoghue PCJ, Pisani D. 2026. Conflict in ant phylogeny results from complex interaction between multiple evolutionary signals and tree reconstruction artifacts. Molecular Biology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msag058.

Talavera G, Vila R, Lancho-Silva J, Wright CJ, Meier JI, Blaxter ML, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, Project Psyche Community. 2026. The genome sequence of the Two-tailed Pasha, Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Wellcome Open Research. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25789.1.

Shipilina D, Höök L, Näsvall K, Talla V, Palahí A, Parkes E, Vila R, Talavera G, Backström N. 2026. Resource availability modulates gene expression across life stages in a migratory butterfly. Molecular Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/mec.70293.

Menchetti M, Hinojosa JC, Vila R, Wright CJ, Meier JI, Blaxter ML, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, Project Psyche Community. 2026. The genome sequence of the Spanish Festoon, Zerynthia rumina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Wellcome Open Research. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25724.1.

Marques V, Vila R, Wright CJ, Meier JI, Blaxter ML, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, Project Psyche Community. 2026. The genome sequence of the Madeiran Speckled Wood, Pararge xiphia Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Wellcome Open Research. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25814.1.

Marques V, Spilani L, Hinojosa JC, Corbella C, Dincă V, Vodă R, Sánchez-Mesa L, García-Barros E, Munguira ML, Talavera G, Dapporto L, Vila R. 2026. The evolutionary retreats of Cyaniris semiargus—beach or mountain? Contrasting paths across ecological gradients. Systematic Entomology. DOI: 10.1111/syen.70034.

Katzke J, Hita Garcia F, Lösel PD, (…) Schifani E (...), et al. 2026. High-throughput phenomics of global ant biodiversity. Nature Methods. DOI: 10.1038/s41592-026-03005-0.

Schifani E, Geppert C, Giannetti D, Anfora G, Burgio G, Chiesa SG, Cocco A, Costi E, Floris I, Lami F, Lentini A, Lo Bue P, Lupi D, Magagnoli S, Maistrello L, Peri E, Ragone G, Rigamonti I, Savoldelli S, Sofia M, Suma P, Tamburini G, Marini L, Grasso DA. 2026. Organic management, reduced tillage, and increased vegetation cover promote ant abundance and diversity in Mediterranean Vineyards. Journal of Insect Conservation. DOI: 10.1007/s10841-026-00747-2.

Schifani E, Massaad M. 2026. Seven species in seven days: new additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Lebanon. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics. DOI: 10.48311/jibs.12.02.255.

Pezzi M, Di Biase E, Fumo F, Bonelli D, Mendicino F, Carlomagno F, Schifani E, Grasso DA, Chicca M, Vercelli V, Bonacci T. 2026. Post mortem artifacts by Pheidole pallidula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on a human corpse and an overview of the genus Pheidole in forensic entomology. Insects. DOI: 10.3390/insects17020180.

Hinojosa JC, Linke D, Vila R, Wright CJ, Meier JI, Blaxter ML, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, Project Psyche Community. 2026. The genome sequence of the Spanish Fritillary, Euphydryas desfontainii (Godart, 1819) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Wellcome Open Research. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25888.1.

García-Berro A, Shipilina D, Backström N, Suchan T, Palahí A, Collins SC, Martins DJ, Pierce NE, Vila R, Talavera G. 2025. A north-south hemispheric migratory divide in the butterfly Vanessa cardui. Nature Communications, 16:11341. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-67185-7.

Wright CJ, Absolon D, Gascoigne-Pees M, Vila R, Lawniczak MKN, Blaxter M. 2025. Constraints on chromosome evolution revealed by the 229 chromosome pairs of the Atlas blue butterfly. Current Biology, 35(19):4727–4742.e7. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.08.032.

Wright CJ, Absolon D, Gascoigne-Pees M, Vila R, Lawniczak MKN, Blaxter M. 2025. Constraints on chromosome evolution revealed by the 229 chromosome pairs of the Atlas blue butterfly. Current Biology, S0960-9822(25)01098-X. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.08.032.

Vila M, Marí-Mena N, Vila R, Riesgo A, (...), Alioto TS, Haggerty L, Martin F, Bortoluzzi C. 2025. ERGA-BGE genome of the Spanish moon moth Actias isabellae Graells, 1849: a nocturnal lepidopteran protected by the Habitats Directive. Open research Europe, 5:175. DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.20658.2.

Vila M, Marí‑Mena N, Vila R, Riesgo A, García‑Souto D, Lopez‑Vaamonde C, Böhne A, Monteiro R, Marcussen T, Oomen R, Struck T H, Gut M, Aguilera L, Câmara Ferreira F, Cruz F, Gómez‑Garrido J, Alioto T S, Haggerty L, Martin F, Bortoluzzi C. 2025. ERGA‑BGE genome of the Spanish moon moth Actias isabellae Graells, 1849: a nocturnal lepidopteran protected by the Habitats Directive. Open Research Europe, 5:175. DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.20658.2.

Toussaint EFA, Condamine FL, Carvalho APS, Plotkin DM, Ellis EA, Dexter KM, Earl C, Aduse-Poku A, Chiba H, Gott RJ, Maruyama K, Morais ABB, Müller CJ, Peggie D, Sáfián S, Vila R, Warren AD, Yago M, Breinholt JW, Espeland M, Pierce NE, Lohman DJ, Kawahara AY. 2025. Global climate cooling spurred skipper butterfly diversification. Systematic Biology, syaf029. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syaf029.

Toro‑Delgado E, Laetsch D R, Hayward A, Talavera G, Lohse K, Vila R. 2025. Wolbachia Host Shifts and Widespread Occurrence of Reproductive Manipulation Loci in European Butterflies. Molecular Ecology, 34(21): e70125. DOI: 10.1111/mec.70125.

Spilani L, Lozano-Martín C, Wiemers M, Benyamini D, Machordom A, Vila R. 2025. Colonization, diversification and speciation of the genus Hipparchia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Canary Islands. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 9(5):ixaf043. DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixaf043.

Schifani E, Giannetti D, Grasso DA. 2026. Ant-mediated biological control: a global meta-synthesis of antagonistic interactions against pests. Journal of Pest Science, 99:36. DOI: 10.1007/s10340-025-01970-7.

Schär S, Talavera G, Dapporto L, Bruschini C, Dincă V, Beza-Beza C, Wiegmann B M, Taheri A, Pape T, & Vila R. 2025. Blow fly larvae socially integrate termite nests through morphological and chemical mimicry. Current Biology.35(5):1121-1127.e3. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.007

Pladevall C, Caritg R, Cámara F, Carbonell S, Gómez-Garrido J, Cruz F, Gut M, Arroyo V, Komac B, Vila R, Guigó R, Alioto TS, Niell M. 2025. The genome sequence of the Violet Copper, Lycaena helle (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775).  F1000Research;14:60. DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.156485.1.

Palahí A, García-Berro A, Dincă V, Vodă R, Dapporto L, Backström N, Vila R, Pierce NE, Talavera G. 2025. Trans-Atlantic dispersal and introgression explain Holarctic disjunct distributions in Vanessa butterflies. Molecular Ecology;e17781. doi:10.1111/mec.17781

Hospodářská M, Koutecký P, Koutková S, Vila R, Talavera G, Rindoš M, Provazníková I, Dalíková M, Nguyen P. 2025. Polyommatine blue butterflies reveal unexpected integrity of the W sex chromosome amid extensive chromosomal fragmentation linked to telomere restoration. Genome Biology and Evolution, 17(9):evaf157. DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaf157.

Hospodářská M, Koutecký P, Koutková S, Vila R, Talavera G, Rindoš M, Provazníková I, Dalíková M, Nguyen P. 2025. Polyommatine blue butterflies reveal unexpected integrity of the W sex chromosome amid extensive chromosomal fragmentation linked to telomere restoration. Genome Biology and Evolution, 17(9): evaf157. DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaf157.

Ebdon S, Laetsch DR, Vila R, Baird SJE, Lohse K. 2025. Genomic regions of current low hybridisation mark long-term barriers to gene flow in scarce swallowtail butterflies. PLoS Genetics;21(4):e1011655. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1011655

Chittaro Y, Toro-Delgado E, Lucek K, Wright CJ, Meier JI, Blaxter ML; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Project Psyche Community. 2025. The genome sequence of the Dusky Meadow Brown, Cercyonis lycaon (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Wellcome Open Research, 10:395. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24656.1.

Boman J, Näsvall K, Vila R, Wiklund C, Backström N. 2025. Evolution of hybrid inviability associated with chromosome fusions. Molecular Ecology. Published online. DOI:10.1111/mec.17672.

Toro-Delgado E, Vila R, Talavera G, Turner EC, Hayes MP, Horrocks NPC, Bladon AJ. 2024. Regional differences in thermoregulation between two European butterfly communities. Journal of Animal Ecology, 93(2):183-195. DOI:10.1111/1365-2656.14039

Reich MS, Ghouri S, Zabudsky S, Hu L, Le Corre M, Ng'iru I, Benyamini D, Shipilina D, Collins SC, Martins DJ, Vila R, Talavera G, Bataille CP. 2024. Trans-Saharan migratory patterns in Vanessa cardui and evidence for a southward leapfrog migration. IScience, 27(12):111342. DOI:10.1016/j.isci.2024.111342

Marques V, Hinojosa JC, Dapporto L, Talavera G, Stefanescu C, Gutiérrez D, Vila R. 2024. The opposed forces of differentiation and admixture across glacial cycles in the butterfly Aglais urticae. Molecular Ecology, 33(7):1-15. DOI:10.1111/mec.17304

Lohse K, Vila R, Hayward A, Laetsch DR, Harnqvist S. 2024. The genome sequence of the Essex Skipper butterfly, Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer, 1808). Wellcome Open Research, 9:452. DOI:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22847.1

Ghouri S, Reich MS, Lopez-Mañas R, Talavera G, Bowen GJ, Vila R, Talla VNK, Collins SC, Martins DJ, Bataille CP. 2024. A hydrogen isoscape for tracing the migration of herbivorous lepidopterans across the Afro‐Palearctic range. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 38(3):1-23. DOI:10.1002/rcm.9675

Decroly T, Vila R, Lohse K, Mackintosh A. 2024. Rewinding the Ratchet: Rare Recombination Locally Rescues Neo-W Degeneration and Generates Plateaus of Sex-Chromosome Divergence. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 41(7):2024.01.20.576444. DOI:10.1093/molbev/msae124

Dapporto L, Menchetti M, Dincă V, Talavera G, Garcia-Berro A, D'Ercole J, Hebert PD, Vila R. 2024. The genetic legacy of the Quaternary ice ages for West Palearctic butterflies. Science Advances, 10(38):1-13. DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adm8596

Vila R, Lohse K, Hayward A, Laetsch DR, Wright C. 2023. The genome sequence of the Chalkhill Blue, Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761). Wellcome Open Research, 8(May):162. DOI:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19253.1

Talavera G, García-Berro A, Talla VNK, Ng'iru I, Bahleman F, Kébé K, Nzala KM, Plasencia D, Marafi MAJ, Kassie A, Goudégnon EOA, Kiki M, Benyamini D, Reich MS, López-Mañas R, Benetello F, Collins SC, Bataille CP, Pierce NE, Martins DJ, Suchan T, Menchetti M, Vila R. 2023. The Afrotropical breeding grounds of the Palearctic-African migratory painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(16):2017. DOI:10.1073/pnas.2218280120

Schifani E, Alicata A, Borowiec L, García F, Gentile V, Gómez K, Nalini E, Rigato F, Schär S, Scupola A, Vila R, Menchetti M. 2023. Unrecognized for centuries: distribution and sexual caste descriptions of the West European Aphaenogaster species of the subterranea group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys, 1153:141-156. DOI:10.3897/zookeys.1153.98297

Schär S, Vila R, Menchetti M. 2023. First Record of the Introduced Ant Myrmica specioides In the Eastern United States. Sociobiology, 70(4):e9153. DOI:10.13102/sociobiology.v70i4.9153

Polic D, Yıldırım Y, Vila R, Ribeiro Cardoso PR, Franzén M, Forsman A. 2023. Large-scale spatial variation and phenotypic integration in three Argynnini species inform about functions and evolutionary drivers of butterfly wings. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11(June):1-17. DOI:10.3389/fevo.2023.1087859

Palahí I Torres A, Höök L, Näsvall K, Shipilina D, Wiklund C, Vila R, Pruisscher P, Backström N. 2023. The fine-scale recombination rate variation and associations with genomic features in a butterfly. Genome Research. DOI:10.1101/gr.277414.122

Nazari V, Lukhtanov VA, Naderi A, Fric ZF, Dincă V, Vila R. 2023. More hidden diversity in a cryptic species complex: a new subspecies of Leptidea sinapis (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) from Northern Iran. Comparative Cytogenetics, 17:113-128. DOI:10.3897/compcytogen.17.102830

Menchetti M, Schifani E, Alicata A, Vila R. 2023. Quantitative morphology and mtDNA reveal that Lasius maltaeus is not endemic to the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 95:129-142. DOI:10.3897/jhr.95.96365

Menchetti M, Schifani E, Alicata A, Cardador L, Sbrega E, Toro-Delgado E, Vila R. 2023. The invasive ant Solenopsis invicta is established in Europe. Current Biology, 33(17):R896-R897. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.036

Mackintosh A, Vila R, Laetsch DR, Hayward A, Martin SH, Lohse K. 2023. Chromosome Fissions and Fusions Act as Barriers to Gene Flow between Brenthis Fritillary Butterflies. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 40(3). DOI:10.1093/molbev/msad043

Mackintosh A, Vila R, Martin SH, Setter D, Lohse K. 2023. Do chromosome rearrangements fix by genetic drift or natural selection? Insights from Brenthis butterflies. Molecular Ecology. DOI:10.1111/mec.17146

Lohse K, Vila R, Hayward A, Laetsch DR, Toro-Delgado E. 2023. The genome sequence of the Silver-spotted Skipper, Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758). Wellcome Open Research, 8:457. DOI:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19762.1

Lohse K, Hayward A, Vila R, Carvalho APS, Kawahara AY. 2023. The genome sequence of the Large Skipper, Ochlodes sylvanus, (Esper, 1777). Wellcome Open Research, 8:75. DOI:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18788.1

Kawahara AY, Storer C, Carvalho APS, Plotkin DM, Condamine FL, Braga MP, Ellis EA, St Laurent RA, Li X, Barve V, Cai L, Earl C, Frandsen PB, Owens HL, Valencia-Montoya WA, Aduse-Poku K, Toussaint EFA, Dexter KM, Doleck T, Markee A, Messcher R, Nguyen YL, Badon JAT, Benítez HA, Braby MF, Buenavente PAC, Chan WP, Collins SC, Rabideau Childers RA, Dankowicz E, Eastwood R, Fric ZF, Gott RJ, Hall JPW, Hallwachs W, Hardy NB, Sipe RLH, Heath A, Hinolan JD, Homziak NT, Hsu YF, Inayoshi Y, Itliong MGA, Janzen DH, Kitching IJ, Kunte K, Lamas G, Landis MJ, Larsen EA, Larsen TB, Leong JV, Lukhtanov V, Maier CA, Martinez JI, Martins DJ, Maruyama K, Maunsell SC, Mega NO, Monastyrskii A, Morais ABB, Müller CJ, Naive MAK, Nielsen G, Padrón PS, Peggie D, Romanowski HP, Sáfián S, Saito M, Schröder S, Shirey V, Soltis D, Soltis P, Sourakov A, Talavera G, Vila R, Vlasanek P, Wang H, Warren AD, Willmott KR, Yago M, Jetz W, Jarzyna MA, Breinholt JW, Espeland M, Ries L, Guralnick RP, Pierce NE, Lohman DJ. 2023. A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7(6):903-913. DOI:10.1038/s41559-023-02041-9

Höök L, Näsvall K, Vila R, Wiklund C, Backström N. 2023. High-density linkage maps and chromosome level genome assemblies unveil direction and frequency of extensive structural rearrangements in wood white butterflies (Leptidea spp.). Chromosome Research, 31(1):2. DOI:10.1007/s10577-023-09713-z.

Hinojosa JC, Montiel-Pantoja C, Sanjurjo-Franch M, Martínez-Pérez I, Lee KM, Mutanen M, Vila R. 2023. Diversification linked to larval host plant in the butterfly Eumedonia eumedon. Molecular Ecology, 32(1):182-197. DOI:10.1111/mec.16728

García-Berro A, Talla V, Vila R, Wai HK, Shipilina D, Chan KG, Pierce NE, Backström N, Talavera G. 2023. Migratory behaviour is positively associated with genetic diversity in butterflies. Molecular Ecology, 32(3):560-574. DOI:10.1111/mec.16770

Espeland M, Chazot N, Condamine FL, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Pringle E, Heath A, Collins S, Tiren W, Mutiso M, Lees DC, Fisher S, Murphy R, Woodhall S, Tropek R, Ahlborn SS, Cockburn K, Dobson J, Bouyer T, Kaliszewska ZA, Baker CCM, Talavera G, Vila R, Gardiner AJ, Williams M, Martins DJ, Sáfián S, Edge DA, Pierce NE. 2023. Rapid radiation of ant parasitic butterflies during the Miocene aridification of Africa. Ecology and Evolution, 13(5):1-15. DOI:10.1002/ece3.10046

de Dios T, Fontsere C, Renom P, Stiller J, Llovera L, Uliano-Silva M, Sánchez-Gracia A, Wright C, Lizano E, Caballero B, Navarro A, Civit S, Robbins RK., Blaxter M, Marquès-Bonet T, Vila R, Lalueza-Fox C. 2023. Whole-genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect species. eLife. DOI: https://DOI.org/10.7554/eLife.87928.1

D’Ercole J, Vila R, Dapporto L, Pentinsaari M, Talavera G, Dincă V, Hebert PDN. 2023. Molecular evolution in introduced insect species—a mitochondrial perspective. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11(July):1-6. DOI:10.3389/fevo.2023.1218690

Boman J, Zhu Y, Höök L, Vila R, Talavera G, Backström N. 2023. Environmental stress during larval development induces DNA methylation shifts in the migratory painted lady butterfly ( Vanessa cardui ). Molecular Ecology, 32(13):3513-3523. DOI:10.1111/mec.16957

Vila R, Lohse K, Hayward A, Laetsch DR, Wahlberg N. 2022. The genome sequence of the white admiral, Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764). Wellcome Open Research, 7:301. DOI:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18594.1

Vila R, Lohse K, Hayward A, Laetsch D. 2022. The genome sequence of the marbled white butterfly, Melanargia galathea (Linnaeus, 1758). Wellcome Open Research, 7:123. DOI:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17807.1

Talavera G, Lukhtanov V, Pierce NE, Vila R. 2022. DNA barcodes combined with multi-locus data of representative taxa can generate reliable higher-level phylogenies. Systematic Biology, 71(2):382-395. DOI:10.1093/sysbio/syab038

Sistri G, Menchetti M, Santini L, Pasquali L, Sapienti S, Cini A, Platania L, Balletto E, Barbero F, Bonelli S, Casacci LP, Dincă V, Vila R, Mantoni C, Fattorini S, Dapporto L. 2022. The isolated Erebia pandrose Apennine population is genetically unique and endangered by climate change. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 15(1):136-148. DOI:10.1111/icad.12538

Schär S, Talavera G, Rana JD, Espadaler X, Cover SP, Shattuck SO, Vila R. 2022. Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity in North American Lasius ants, and an overlooked introduced species. Scientific Reports, 12(1):5970. DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-10047-9

Polic D, Yıldırım Y, Lee KM, Franzén M, Mutanen M, Vila R, Forsman A. 2022. Linking large‐scale genetic structure of three Argynnini butterfly species to geography and environment. Molecular Ecology, 31(16):4381-4401. DOI:10.1111/mec.16594

Menchetti M, Schifani E, Gentile V, Vila R. 2022. The worrying arrival of the invasive Asian needle ant Brachyponera chinensis in Europe (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 5115(1):146-150. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.10

Mackintosh A, Laetsch DR, Baril T, Foster R, Dincă V, Vila R, Hayward A, Lohse K. 2022. The genome sequence of the lesser marbled fritillary, Brenthis ino , and evidence for a segregating neo-Z chromosome. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 12(6):1-43. DOI:10.1093/g3journal/jkac069

López-Mañas R, Pascual-Díaz JP, García-Berro A, Bahleman F, Reich MS, Pokorny L, Bataille CP, Vila R, Domingo-Marimon C, Talavera G. 2022. Erratic spatiotemporal vegetation growth anomalies drive population outbreaks in a trans-Saharan insect migrant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(19):3-5. DOI:10.1073/pnas.2121249119

Lohse K, Hayward A, Laetsch DR, Wahlberg N. 2022. The genome sequence of the high brown fritillary, Fabriciana adippe (Dennis & Schiffermüller, 1775). Wellcome Open Research, 7:298. DOI:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18569.1

Lohse K, Hayward A, Vila R, Howe C. 2022. The genome sequence of the Adonis blue, Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775). Wellcome Open Research, 7:255. DOI:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18330.1

Lohse K, Hayward A, Laetsch DR, Vila R, Yumnam T. 2022. The genome sequence of the common yellow swallowtail, Papilio machaon (Linnaeus, 1758). Wellcome Open Research, 7:261. DOI:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18119.1

Lohse K, Hayward A, Laetsch DR, Vila R, Lucek K. 2022. The genome sequence of the Arran brown, Erebia ligea (Linnaeus, 1758). Wellcome Open Research, 7:259. DOI:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18115.1

Hinojosa JC, Dapporto L, Pitteloud C, Koubínová D, Hernández-Roldán J, Vicente JC, Alvarez N, Vila R. 2022. Hybridization fuelled diversification in Spialia butterflies. Molecular Ecology, 31(10):2951-2967.  DOI:10.1111/mec.16426

Hayward A, Vila R, Lohse K, Laetsch D. 2022. The genome sequence of the grizzled skipper, Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus, 1758). Wellcome Open Research, 7(May):114. DOI:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17806.1

Tahami MS, Dincă V, Lee KM, Vila R, Joshi M, Heikkilä M, Dapporto L, Schmid S, Huemer P, Mutanen M. 2021. Genomics Reveal Admixture and Unexpected Patterns of Diversity in a Parapatric Pair of Butterflies. Genes, 12(12):2009. DOI:10.3390/genes12122009

Näsvall K, Wiklund C, Mrazek V, Künstner A, Talla V, Busch H, Vila R, Backström N. 2021. Host plant diet affects growth and induces altered gene expression and microbiome composition in the wood white (Lepidia sinapis) butterfly. Molecular Ecology, 30(2):499-516. DOI:10.1111/mec.15745

Menchetti M, Talavera G, Cini A, Salvati V, Dincă V, Platania L, Bonelli S, Balletto E, Vila R, Dapporto L. 2021. Two ways to be endemic. Alps and Apennines are different functional refugia during climatic cycles. Molecular Ecology, 30(5):1297-1310. DOI: 10.1111/mec.15795. 

Hinojosa JC, Dapporto L, Brockmann E, Dinca V, Tikhonov V, Grishin N, Lukhtanov VA, Vila R. 2021. Overlooked cryptic diversity in muschampia (lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) adds two species to the european butterfly fauna. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 193(3):847-859. DOI:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa171

Hayward A, Vila R, Laetsch DR, Lohse K, Baril T. 2021. The genome sequence of the heath fritillary, Melitaea athalia (Rottemburg, 1775). Wellcome Open Research, 6:304. DOI:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17280.1

Groza B, Vodă R, Székely L, Vila R, Dincă V. 2021. Genetics and extreme confinement of three overlooked butterfly species in Romania call for immediate conservation actions. Journal of Insect Conservation, 25(1):137–146. DOI: 10.1007/s10841-020-00281-9

Ebdon S, Laetsch DR, Dapporto L, Hayward A, Ritchie MG, Dincă V, Vila R, Lohse K. 2021. The Pleistocene species pump past its prime: evidence from European butterfly sister species. Molecular Ecology, 30(14):3575-3589. DOI: 10.1111/mec.15981

Dincă V, Dapporto L, Somervuo P, Vodă R, Cuvelier S, Gascoigne-Pees M, Huemer P, Mutanen M, Hebert PDN, Vila R. 2021. High resolution DNA barcode library for European butterflies reveals continental patterns of mitochondrial genetic diversity. Communications Biology, 4(1). DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01834-7. 

Chazot N, Condamine FL, Dudas G, Peña C, Kodandaramaiah U, Matos-Maraví P, Aduse-Poku K, Elias M, Warren AD, Lohman DJ, Penz CM, DeVries P, Fric ZF, Nylin S, Müller C, Kawahara AY, Silva-Brandão KL, Lamas G, Kleckova I, Zubek A, Ortiz-Acevedo E, Vila R, Vane-Wright RI, Mullen SP, Jiggins CD, Wheat CW, Freitas AVL, Wahlberg N. 2021. Conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories explain the latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies. Nature Communications, 12(1):5717. DOI:10.1038/s41467-021-25906-8

Yoshido A, Šíchová J, Pospíšilová K, Nguyen P, Voleníková A, Šafář J, Provazník J, Vila R, Marec F. 2020. Evolution of multiple sex-chromosomes associated with dynamic genome reshuffling in Leptidea wood-white butterflies. Heredity, 125(3):138-154. DOI:10.1038/s41437-020-0325-9

Scalercio S, Cini A, Menchetti M, Vodă R, Bonelli S, Bordoni A, Casacci LP, Dincă V, Balletto E, Vila R, Dapporto L. 2020. How long is 3 km for a butterfly? Ecological constraints and functional traits explain high mitochondrial genetic diversity between Sicily and the Italian Peninsula. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(9):2013-2026. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13196

Schär S, Menchetti M, Schifani E, Hinojosa JC, Platania L, Dapporto L, Vila R. 2020. Integrative biodiversity inventory of ants from a Sicilian archipelago reveals high diversity on young volcanic islands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 20(3):405-416. DOI:10.1007/s13127-020-00442-3

Platania L, Menchetti M, Dinca V, Corbella C, Kay-Lavelle I, Vila R, Wiemers M, Schweiger O, Dapporto L. 2020. Assigning occurrence data to cryptic taxa improves climatic niche assessments: Biodecrypt, a new tool tested on European butterflies. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(10):1852-1865. DOI:10.1111/geb.13154 

Platania L, Vodă R, Dincă V, Talavera G, Vila R, Dapporto L. 2020. Integrative analyses on Western Palearctic Lasiommata reveal a mosaic of nascent butterfly species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 58(4):809-822. DOI:10.1111/jzs.12356

Lukhtanov VA, Dincă V, Friberg M, Vila R, Wiklund C. 2020. Incomplete Sterility of Chromosomal Hybrids: Implications for Karyotype Evolution and Homoploid Hybrid Speciation. Frontiers in Genetics, 11: 583827. DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.583827

Kaminski LA, Volkmann L, Callaghan CJ, DeVries PJ, Vila R. 2020. The first known riodinid ‘cuckoo’ butterfly reveals deep-time convergence and parallelism in ant social parasites. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1-20. DOI:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa150

Hinojosa JC, Koubínová D, Dincă V, Hernández‐Roldán J, Munguira ML, García‐Barros E, Vila M, Alvarez N, Mutanen M, Vila R. 2020. Rapid colour shift by reproductive character displacement in Cupido butterflies. Molecular Ecology, 29(24):4942–4955. DOI: 10.1111/mec.15682.

Toussaint EFA, Dias FMS, Mielke OHH, Casagrande MM, Sañudo-Restrepo CP, Lam A, Morinière J, Balke M, Vila R. 2019. Flight over the Proto-Caribbean seaway: Phylogeny and macroevolution of Neotropical Anaeini leafwing butterflies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 137: 86-103. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.020

Toussaint EFA, Vila R, Yago M, Chiba H, Warren AD, Aduse-Poku K, Storer C, Dexter KM, Maruyama K, Lohman DJ, Kawahara, AY. 2019. Out of the Orient: Post-Tethyan transoceanic and trans-Arabian routes fostered the spread of Baorini skippers in the Afrotropics. Systematic Entomology, 44(4):926-938. DOI:10.1111/syen.12365

Talla V.; Johansson A.;Dincă V.;Vila R.; Friberg M.; Wiklund C.; Backström N. 2019. Lack of gene flow: Narrow and dispersed differentiation islands in a triplet of Leptidea butterfly species. Molecular Ecology. doi: DOI: 10.1111/mec.15188
 

Talla V, Johansson A, Dincă V, Vila R, Friberg M, Wiklund C, Backström N. 2019. Lack of gene flow: Narrow and dispersed differentiation islands in a triplet of Leptidea butterfly species. Molecular Ecology, 28(16):3756-3770. DOI:10.1111/mec.15188

Szenteczki MA, Pitteloud C, Casacci LP, Kešnerová L, Whitaker MRL, Engel P, Vila R, Alvarez N. 2019. Bacterial communities within Phengaris (Maculinea) alcon caterpillars are shifted following transition from solitary living to social parasitism of Myrmica ant colonies. Ecology and Evolution, 9(8):4452-4464. DOI:10.1002/ece3.5010

Suchan T, Talavera G, Sáez L, Ronikier M, Vila R. 2019. Pollen metabarcoding as a tool for tracking long-distance insect migrations. Molecular Ecology Resources,19(1):149-162. DOI:10.1111/1755-0998.12948

Ryan SF, Lombaert E, Espeset A, Vila R, Talavera G, Dincă V, Doellman MM, Renshaw MA, Eng MW, Hornett EA, Li Y, Pfrender ME, Shoemaker D. 2019. Global invasion history of the agricultural pest butterfly Pieris rapae revealed with genomics and citizen science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(40):20015-20024. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1907492116

Postigo JL, Strubbe D, Mori E, Ancillotto L, Carneiro I, Latsoudis P, Menchetti M, Pârâu LG, Parrott D, Reino L, Weiserbs A, Senar JC. 2019. Mediterranean versus Atlantic monk parakeets Myiopsitta monachus: towards differentiated management at the European scale. Pest Management Science, 75(4):915-922. doi:10.1002/ps.5320

Mori E, Sala JP, Fattorini N, Menchetti M, Montalvo T, Senar JC. 2019. Ectoparasite sharing among native and invasive birds in a metropolitan area. Parasitology Research, 118(2):399-409. DOI:10.1007/s00436-018-6174-2

Menchetti M, Guéguen M, Talavera G. 2019. Spatio-temporal ecological niche modelling of multigenerational insect migrations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1910). DOI:10.1098/rspb.2019.1583

Mackintosh A, Laetsch DR, Hayward A, Charlesworth B, Waterfall M, Vila R, Lohse K. 2019. The determinants of genetic diversity in butterflies. Nature Communications, 10(1):1-9. DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-11308-4

Macià FX, Menchetti M, Corbella C, Grajera J, Vila R. 2019. Exploitation of the invasive Asian Hornet Vespa velutina by the European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus. Bird Study, 66(3):425-429. DOI:10.1080/00063657.2019.1660304

Hinojosa JC, Koubínová D, Szenteczki MA, Pitteloud C, Dincă V, Alvarez N, Vila R. 2019. A mirage of cryptic species: Genomics uncover striking mitonuclear discordance in the butterfly Thymelicus sylvestris. Molecular Ecology, 28(17):3857-3868. DOI:10.1111/mec.15153

Hinojosa JC, Monasterio Y, Escobés R, Dince V, Vila R. 2019. Erebia epiphron and Erebia orientalis: Sibling butterfly species with contrasting histories. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 126(2):338-348. DOI:10.1093/biolinnean/bly182

Gaunet A, Dincă V, Dapporto L, Montagud S, Vodă R, Schär S, Badiane A, Font E, Vila R. 2019. Two consecutive Wolbachia-mediated mitochondrial introgressions obscure taxonomy in Palearctic swallowtail butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). Zoologica Scripta, 48(4):507-519. DOI:10.1111/zsc.12355

Dincă V, Lee KM, Vila R, Mutanen M. 2019. The conundrum of species delimitation: A genomic perspective on a mitogenetically super-variable butterfly. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1911). DOI:10.1098/rspb.2019.1311

Di Febbraro M, Menchetti M, Russo D, Ancillotto L, Aloise G, Roscioni F, Preatoni DG, Loy A, Martinoli A, Bertolino S, Mori E. 2019. Integrating climate and land-use change scenarios in modelling the future spread of invasive squirrels in Italy. Diversity and Distributions, 25(4):644-659. DOI:10.1111/ddi.12890

Dapporto L, Cini A, Vodă R, Dincă V, Wiemers M, Menchetti M, Magini G, Talavera G, Shreeve T, Bonelli S, Casacci LP, Balletto E, Scalercio S, Vila R. 2019. Integrating three comprehensive data sets shows that mitochondrial DNA variation is linked to species traits and paleogeographic events in European butterflies. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19(6):1623-1636. DOI:10.1111/1755-0998.13059

Carnicer J, Stefanescu C, Vives-Ingla M, López C, Cortizas S, Wheat C, Vila R, Llusià J, Peñuelas J. 2019. Phenotypic biomarkers of climatic impacts on declining insect populations: A key role for decadal drought, thermal buffering and amplification effects and host plant dynamics. Journal of Animal Ecology, 88(3):376-391. DOI:10.1111/1365-2656.12933.

Zozzoli R, Menchetti M, Mori E. 2018. Spatial behaviour of an overlooked alien squirrel: The case of Siberian chipmunks Eutamias sibiricus. Behavioural Processes, 153:107-111. DOI:10.1016/j.beproc.2018.05.014

Wiemers M, Balletto E, Dincă V, Faltynek Fric Z, Gerardo Lamas, Lukhtanov V, Munguira ML, Chris A M van Swaay, Vila R, Vliegenthart A, Wahlberg N, Verovnik R. 2018. An updated checklist of the European butterflies (lepidoptera, papilionoidea). ZooKeys, 2018(811):9-45. DOI:10.3897/zookeys.811.28712

Todisco V, Grill A, Fiedler K, Gottsberger B, Dincǎ V, Vodǎ R, Lukhtanov V, Letsch H. 2018. Molecular phylogeny of the Palaearctic butterfly genus Pseudophilotes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with focus on the Sardinian endemic P. barbagiae. BMC Zoology, 3(1):1-12. DOI:10.1186/s40850-018-0032-7

Talavera G, Bataille C, Benyamini D, Gascoigne-Pees M, Vila R. 2018. Round-trip across the Sahara: Afrotropical Painted Lady butterflies recolonize the Mediterranean in early spring. Biology Letters, 14(6). DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0274

Solé R, Ollé-Vila A, Vidiella B, Duran-Nebreda S, Conde-Pueyo N. 2018. The road to synthetic multicellularity. Current Opinion in Systems Biology, 7:60-67. DOI:10.1016/j.coisb.2017.11.007

Schär S, Talavera G, Espadaler X, Rana JD, Andersen Andersen A, Cover SP, Vila R. 2018. Do Holarctic ant species exist? Trans-Beringian dispersal and homoplasy in the Formicidae. Journal of Biogeography, 45(8):1917-1928. DOI:10.1111/jbi.13380

Schär S, Eastwood R, Arnaldi KG, Talavera G, Kaliszewska ZA, Boyle JH, Espeland M, Nash DR, Vila R, Pierce NE. 2018. Ecological specialization is associated with genetic structure in the ant-associated butterfly family Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1886):20181158. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2018.1158

Lukhtanov VA, Dincă V, Friberg M, Šíchová J, Olofsson M, Vila R, Marec F, Wiklund C. 2018. Versatility of multivalent orientation, inverted meiosis, and rescued fitness in holocentric chromosomal hybrids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(41):E9610-E9619. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1802610115

Livraghi L, Vodă R, Evans LC, Gibbs M, Dincă V, Holland PWH, Shreeve TG, Vila R, Dapporto L, Breuker CJ. 2018. Historical and current patterns of gene flow in the butterfly Pararge aegeria. Journal of Biogeography, 45(7):1628-1639. DOI:10.1111/jbi.13354

Leal L, Talla V, Källman T, Friberg M, Wiklund C, Dincă V, Vila R, Backström N. 2018. Gene expression profiling across ontogenetic stages in the wood white (Leptidea sinapis) reveals pathways linked to butterfly diapause regulation. Molecular Ecology, 27(4):935-948. DOI:10.1111/mec.14501

Lalanne Cassou B, Lalanne Cassou C, Hinojosa JC, Vila R, Mérit X. 2018. Étude d’un nouvel hybride d’Erebia pyrénéens Erebia pronoe (Esper, 1780) femelle x Erebia meolans (de Prunner, 1798) mâle. Lépidoptères - Revue des Lépidoptéristes de France, 27(70):85-95.

Jasso-Martínez JM, Machkour-M’Rabet S, Vila R, Rodríguez-Arnaiz R, Castañeda-Sortibrán AN. 2018. Molecular evidence of hybridization in sympatric populations of the Enantia jethys complex (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). PLoS ONE, 13(5):1-23. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0197116

Hinojosa J.C.; Monasterio Y.; Escobés R.; Dinca V.; Vila R. 2018. Erebia epiphron and Erebia orientalis: sibling butterfly species with constrasting histories. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society:1-11 doi: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly182

Hernández-Roldán JL, Vicente JC, Vila R, Munguira ML. 2018. Natural history and immature stage morphology of Spialia Swinhoe, 1912 in the Iberian Peninsula (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). Nota Lepidopterologica, 41(1):1-22. DOI:10.3897/nl.41.13539

Guerra Serrudo JF, Siebel G, Vila R, Benyamini D, Bálint Z. 2018. A remarkable record of the genus Pseudolucia from Bolivia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Opuscula Zoologica, 49(1):23-31. DOI:10.18348/opzool.2018.1.23

Grandi G, Menchetti M, Mori E. 2018. Vertical segregation by breeding ring-necked parakeets Psittacula krameri in northern Italy. Urban Ecosystems, 21(5):1011-1017. DOI:10.1007/s11252-018-0779-1

Gómez-Sánchez D, Olalde I, Sastre N, Enseñat C, Carrasco R, Marques-Bonet T, Lalueza-Fox C, Leonard JA, Vilà C, Ramírez O. 2018. On the path to extinction: Inbreeding and admixture in a declining grey wolf population. Molecular Ecology, 27(18):3599-3612. DOI:10.1111/mec.14824

Gilbert KJ, Nitta JH, Talavera G, Pierce NE. 2018. Keeping an eye on coloration: Ecological correlates of the evolution of pitcher traits in the genus Nepenthes (Caryophyllales). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 123(2):321-337. DOI:10.1093/biolinnean/blx142

Espeland M, Breinholt J, Willmott KR, Warren AD, Vila R, Toussaint EFA, Maunsell SC, Aduse-Poku K, Talavera G, Eastwood R, Jarzyna MA, Guralnick R, Lohman DJ, Pierce NE, Kawahara AY. 2018. A Comprehensive and Dated Phylogenomic Analysis of Butterflies. Current Biology, 28(5):770-778. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.061

Dincă V, Bálint Z, Vodă R, Dapporto L, Hebert PDN, Vila R. 2018. Use of genetic, climatic, and microbiological data to inform reintroduction of a regionally extinct butterfly. Conservation Biology, 32(4):828-837. DOI:10.1111/cobi.13111

Dincă V, Székely L. 2018. First record of Scopula orientalis (Alphéraky, 1876) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in Romania, at the northern limit of the Balkans. Nota Lepidopterologica, 41(2):189-197. DOI:10.3897/nl.41.24316

Cabrera-Serrano M, Mavillard F, Biancalana V, Rivas E, Morar B, Hernández-Laín A, Olive M, Muelas N, Khan E, Carvajal A, Quiroga P, Diaz-Manera J, Davis M, Ávila R, Domínguez C, Romero NB, Vílchez JJ, Comas D, Laing NG, Laporte J, Kalaydjieva L, Paradas C. 2018. A Roma founder BIN1 mutation causes a novel phenotype of centronuclear myopathy with rigid spine. Neurology, 91(4):e339-e348. DOI:10.1212/WNL.0000000000005862

Talla V, Suh A, Kalsoom F, Dinca V, Vila R, Friberg M, Wiklund C, Backström N. 2017. Rapid increase in genome size as a consequence of transposable element hyperactivity in wood-white (leptidea) butterflies. Genome Biology and Evolution, 9(10):2491-2505. DOI:10.1093/gbe/evx163

Talavera G, Vila R. 2017. Discovery of mass migration and breeding of the painted lady butterfly Vanessa cardui in the Sub-Sahara: The Europe-Africa migration revisited. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 120(2):274-285. DOI:10.1111/bij.12873

Schär S, Vila R, Petrović A, Tomanović Ž, Pierce NE, Nash DR. 2017. Molecular substitution rate increases with latitude in butterflies: evidence for a trans-glacial latitudinal layering of populations? Ecography, 40(8):930-935. DOI:10.1111/ecog.02487

Pitteloud C, Arrigo N, Suchan T, Mastretta-Yanes A, Vila R, Dincă V, Hernández-Roldán J, Brockmann E, Chittaro Y, Kleckova I, Fumagalli L, Buerki S, Pellissier L, Alvarez N. 2017. Climatic niche evolution is faster in sympatric than allopatric lineages of the butterfly genus Pyrgus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1852):20170208. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2017.0208

Mérit X, Manil L, Vila R, Wiemers M. 2017. Inter-Island differentiation of Leptotes (Cyclyrius) webbianus (Brullé, 1839) in the Canary Islands (Spain), with description of two new subspecies from La Palma and Gran Canaria (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología, 45(179):513-520

Marín MA, Cadavid IC, Valdés L, Álvarez CF, Uribe SI, Vila R, Pyrcz TW. 2017. DNA Barcoding of an Assembly of Montane Andean Butterflies (Satyrinae): Geographical Scale and Identification Performance. Neotropical Entomology, 46(5):514-523. DOI:10.1007/s13744-016-0481-z

Koubínová D, Dincă V, Dapporto L, Vodă R, Suchan T, Vila R, Alvarez N. 2017. Genomics of extreme ecological specialists: Multiple convergent evolution but no genetic divergence between ecotypes of Maculinea alcon butterflies. Scientific Reports, 7(1):1-10. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-12938-8

Hinojosa JC, Martín R, Maynou X, Vila R. 2017. Molecular taxonomy of the Sympetrum vulgatum (Odonata: Libellulidae) complex in the West Palaearctic. European Journal of Entomology, 114:373-378. DOI:10.14411/eje.2017.048

Habel JC, Vila R, Vodă R, Husemann M, Schmitt T, Dapporto L. 2017. Differentiation in the marbled white butterfly species complex driven by multiple evolutionary forces. Journal of Biogeography, 44(2):433-445. DOI:10.1111/jbi.12868

Fattorini S, Borges PAV, Dapporto L, Strona G. 2017. What can the parameters of the species–area relationship (SAR) tell us? Insights from Mediterranean islands. Journal of Biogeography, 44(5):1018-1028. DOI:10.1111/jbi.12874

Dincă V, Székely L, Bálint Z, Skolka M, Török S, Hebert PDN. 2017. Improving knowledge of the subgenus Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatus) in Eastern Europe: Overview of the Romanian fauna. European Journal of Entomology, 114:179-194. DOI:10.14411/eje.2017.023

Dapporto L, Cini A, Menchetti M, Vodă R, Bonelli S, Casacci LP, Dincă V, Scalercio S, Hinojosa JC, Biermann H, Forbicioni L, Mazzantini U, Venturi L, Zanichelli F, Balletto E, Shreeve TG, Dennis RLH, Vila R. 2017. Rise and fall of island butterfly diversity: Understanding genetic differentiation and extinction in a highly diverse archipelago. Diversity and Distributions, 23(10):1169-1181. DOI:10.1111/ddi.12610.

Vodă R, Dapporto L, Dincă V, Shreeve TG, Khaldi M, Barech G, Rebbas K, Sammut P, Scalercio S, Hebert PD, Vila R. 2016. Historical and contemporary factors generate unique butterfly communities on islands. Scientific Reports, 6(May):1-11. DOI:10.1038/srep28828

Talavera G, Kaminski LA, Freitas AVL, Vila R. 2016. One-note samba: The biogeographical history of the relict Brazilian butterfly Elkalyce cogina. Journal of Biogeography, 43(4):727-737. DOI:10.1111/jbi.12671

Stefanini I, Dapporto L, Berń L, Polsinelli M, Turillazzi S, Cavalieri D. 2016. Social wasps are a saccharomyces mating nest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(8):2247-2251. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1516453113

Stefanescu C, Soto DX, Talavera G, Vila R, Hobson KA. 2016. Long-distance autumn migration across the Sahara by painted lady butterflies: Exploiting resource pulses in the tropical savannah. Biology Letters, 12(10):6-9. DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2016.0561

Šíchová J, Ohno M, Dincă V, Watanabe M, Sahara K, Marec F. 2016. Fissions, fusions, and translocations shaped the karyotype and multiple sex chromosome constitution of the northeast-Asian wood white butterfly, Leptidea amurensis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 118(3):457-471. DOI:10.1111/bij.12756

Shtinkov N, Kolev Z, Vila R, Dincă V. 2016. The sibling species Leptidea juvernica and L. sinapis (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) in the Balkan Peninsula: Ecology, genetic structure, and morphological variation. Zoology, 119(1):11-20. DOI:10.1016/j.zool.2015.12.003

Mutanen M, Kivelä SM, Vos RA, Doorenweerd C, Ratnasingham S, Hausmann A, Huemer P, Dincă V, van Nieukerken EJ, Lopez-Vaamonde C, Vila R, Aarvik L, Decaëns T, Efetov KA, Hebert PD, Johnsen A, Karsholt O, Pentinsaari M, Rougerie R, Segerer A, Tarmann G, Zahiri R, Godfray HC. 2016. Species-level para- and polyphyly in DNA barcode gene trees: Strong operational bias in European Lepidoptera. Systematic Biology, 65(6):1024-1040. DOI:10.1093/sysbio/syw044

Kaminski LA, Iserhard CA, Freitas AVL. 2016. Thisbe silvestre sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae): A new myrmecophilous butterfly from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Austral Entomology, 55(2):138-146. DOI:10.1111/aen.12159

Hernández-Roldán JL, Dapporto L, Dincă V, Vicente JC, Hornett EA, Šíchová J, Lukhtanov VA, Talavera G, Vila R. 2016. Integrative analyses unveil speciation linked to host plant shift in Spialia butterflies. Molecular ecology, 25(17):4267-4284. DOI:10.1111/mec.13756

Gutiérrez D, Vila R, Wilson RJ. 2016. Asymmetric constraints on limits to species ranges influence consumer-resource richness over an environmental gradient. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25(12):1477-1488. DOI:10.1111/geb.12510

Dapporto L, Stefanini I, Rivero D, Polsinelli M, Capretti P, De Marchi P, Viola R, Turillazzi S, Cavalieri D. 2016. Social wasp intestines host the local phenotypic variability of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. Yeast, 33(7):277-287. DOI:10.1002/yea.3173

Adamowicz SJ, Chain FJ, Clare EL, Deiner K, Dincă V, Elías-Gutiérrez M, Hausmann A, Hogg ID, Kekkonen M, Lijtmaer DA, Naaum A, Steinke D, Valdez-Moreno M, Van der Bank M, Wilson JJ, Xu J. 2016. From Barcodes to Biomes: Special Issues from the 6th International Barcode of Life Conference. Genome, 59(9):v-ix. DOI:10.1139/gen-2016-0159

Vodə R, Dapporto L, Dincə V, Vila R. 2015. Why do cryptic species tend not to co-occur? A case study on two cryptic pairs of butterflies. PLoS ONE, 10(2):1-18. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0117802

Vodă R, Dapporto L, Dincă V, Vila R. 2015. Cryptic matters: Overlooked species generate most butterfly beta-diversity. Ecography, 38(4):405-409. DOI:10.1111/ecog.00762

Talavera G, Espadaler X, Vila R. 2015. Discovered just before extinction? The first endemic ant from the Balearic Islands (Lasius balearicus sp. nov.) is endangered by climate change. Journal of Biogeography, 42(3):589-601. DOI:10.1111/jbi.12438

Šíchová J, Voleníková A, Dincă V, Nguyen P, Vila R, Sahara K, Marec F. 2015. Dynamic karyotype evolution and unique sex determination systems in Leptidea wood white butterflies Speciation and evolutionary genetics. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15(1):1-16. DOI:10.1186/s12862-015-0375-4

Oliveira KN, Coley PD, Kursar TA, Kaminski LA, Moreira MZ, Campos RI. 2015. The effect of symbiotic ant colonies on plant growth: A test using an Azteca-Cecropia system. PLoS ONE, 10(3):1-13. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0120351

Kaminski LA, Dell’Erba R, Barbosa EP, Freitas AVL. 2015. New distribution records and notes on the habitat of Magneuptychia flavofascia Zacca & Siewert, 2014 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Check List, 11(4). DOI:10.15560/11.4.1692

Kaliszewska ZA, Lohman DJ, Sommer K, Adelson G, Rand DB, Mathew J, Talavera G, Pierce NE. 2015. When caterpillars attack: Biogeography and life history evolution of the Miletinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Evolution, 69(3):571-588. DOI:10.1111/evo.12599

Gonçalves-Souza T, Araújo MS, Barbosa EP, Lopes SM, Kaminski LA, Shimizu GH, Santos AJ, Romero GQ. 2015. Fine-scale Beta-diversity Patterns Across Multiple Arthropod Taxa Over a Neotropical Latitudinal Gradient. Biotropica, 47(5):588-594. DOI:10.1111/btp.12242

Espeland M, Hall JP, DeVries PJ, Lees DC, Cornwall M, Hsu YF, Wu LW, Campbell DL, Talavera G, Vila R, Salzman S, Ruehr S, Lohman DJ, Pierce NE. 2015. Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 93:296-306. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.006

Dincă V, Montagud S, Talavera G, Hernández-Roldán J, Munguira ML, García-Barros E, Hebert PD, Vila R. 2015. DNA barcode reference library for Iberian butterflies enables a continental-scale preview of potential cryptic diversity. Scientific Reports, 5(January):1-12. DOI:10.1038/srep12395

Marín MA, Álvarez CF, Giraldo CE, Pyrcz TW, Uribe SI, Vila R. 2014. Mariposas en un bosque de niebla andino periurbano en el valle de Aburrá, Colombia. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 85(1):200-208. DOI:10.7550/rmb.36605

Hernández-Roldán JL, Bofill R, Dapporto L, Munguira ML, Vila R. 2014. Morphological and chemical analysis of male scent organs in the butterfly genus Pyrgus (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 14(3):269-278. DOI:10.1007/s13127-014-0170-x

Dapporto L, Voda R, Dinca V, Vila R. 2014. Comparing population patterns for genetic and morphological markers with uneven sample sizes: An example for the butterfly Maniola jurtina. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(8):834-843. DOI:10.1111/2041-210X.12220

Dapporto L, Fattorini S, Voda R, Dinca V, Vila R. 2014. Biogeography of western Mediterranean butterflies: Combining turnover and nestedness components of faunal dissimilarity. Journal of Biogeography, 41(9):1639-1650. DOI:10.1111/jbi.12315

Cavalleri A, Kaminski LA. 2014. Two new ectoparasitic species of Aulacothrips Hood, 1952 (Thysanoptera: Heterothripidae) associated with ant-tended treehoppers (Hemiptera). Systematic Parasitology, 89(3):271-278. DOI:10.1007/s11230-014-9526-z

Talavera G, Lukhtanov VA, Rieppel L, Pierce NE, Vila R. 2013. In the shadow of phylogenetic uncertainty: The recent diversification of Lysandra butterflies through chromosomal change. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 69(3):469-478. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.08.004

Talavera G, Lukhtanov VA, Pierce NE, Vila R. 2013. Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: The systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics, 29(2):166-192. DOI:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00421.x

Sañudo-Restrepo CP, Dincâ V, Talavera G, Vila R. 2013. Biogeography and systematics of Aricia butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 66(1):369-379. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.10.010

Giraldo CE, Willmott KR, Vila R, Uribe SI. 2013. Ithomiini Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) of Antioquia, Colombia. Neotropical Entomology, 42(2):146-157. DOI:10.1007/s13744-012-0102-4

Dincă V, Wiklund C, Lukhtanov VA, Kodandaramaiah U, Norén K, Dapporto L, Wahlberg N, Vila R, Friberg M. 2013 Reproductive isolation and patterns of genetic differentiation in a cryptic butterfly species complex. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26(10):2095-2106. DOI:10.1111/jeb.12211

Dinca V, Runquist M, Nilsson M, Vila R. 2013. Dispersal, fragmentation, and isolation shape the phylogeography of the European lineages of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) ripartii (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 109(4):817-829. DOI:10.1111/bij.12096

Dapporto L, Ramazzotti M, Fattorini S, Talavera G, Vila R, Dennis RLH. 2013. Recluster: An unbiased clustering procedure for beta-diversity turnover. Ecography, 36(10):1070-1075. DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00444.x

Carnicer J, Stefanescu C, Vila R, Dincǎ V, Font X, Peñuelas J. 2013. A unified framework for diversity gradients: The adaptive trait continuum. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22(1):6-18. DOI:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2012.00762.x

Hernández-Roldán JL, Munguira ML, Wagner W, Vila R. 2012. Comparative Analysis and Taxonomic Use of the Morphology of Immature Stages and Natural History Traits in European Species of Pyrgus Hübner (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Pyrginae). Zootaxa, 71(3470):1-71. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3470.1.1. 

Dapporto L, Bruschini C, Dincǎ V, Vila R, Dennis RLH. 2012. Identifying zones of phenetic compression in West Mediterranean butterflies (Satyrinae): Refugia, invasion and hybridization. Diversity and Distributions, 18(11):1066-1076. DOI:10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00903.x

Vila R, Bell CD, Macniven R, Goldman-Huertas B, Ree RH, Marshall CR, Bálint Z, Johnson K, Benyamini D, Pierce NE. 2011. Phylogeny and palaeoecology of polyommatus blue butterflies show beringia was a climate-regulated gateway to the new world. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1719):2737-2744. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2010.2213

Ugelvig L V., Vila R, Pierce NE, Nash DR. 2011. A phylogenetic revision of the Glaucopsyche section (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with special focus on the Phengaris-Maculinea clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 61(1):237-243. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.05.016

Talavera G, Vila R. 2011. What is the phylogenetic signal limit from mitogenomes? the reconciliation between mitochondrial and nuclear data in the Insecta class phylogeny. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11(1):1-15. DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-11-315

Lukhtanov VA, Dinc V, Talavera G, Vila R. 2011. Unprecedented within-species chromosome number cline in the Wood White butterfly Leptidea sinapis and its significance for karyotype evolution and speciation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11(1). DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-11-109

Hernández-Roldán JL, Múrria C, Romo H, Talavera G, Zakharov E, Hebert PDN, Vila R. 2011. Tracing the origin of disjunct distributions: A case of biogeographical convergence in Pyrgus butterflies. Journal of Biogeography. 2011;38(10):2006-2020. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02547.x

Dincă V, Zakharov E V., Hebert PDN, Vila R. 2011. Complete DNA barcode reference library for a country’s butterfly fauna reveals high performance for temperate Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1704):347-355. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2010.1089

Dincǎ V, Lukhtanov VA, Talavera G, Vila R. 2011. Unexpected layers of cryptic diversity in wood white Leptidea butterflies. Nature Communications, 2(1). DOI:10.1038/ncomms1329

Dincǎ V, Dapporto L, Vila R. 2011. A combined genetic-morphometric analysis unravels the complex biogeographical history of Polyommatus icarus and Polyommatus celina common blue butterflies. Molecular Ecology, 20(18):3921-3935. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05223.x

Dapporto L, Schmitt T, Vila R, Scalercio S, Biermann H, Dincǎ V, Gayubo SF, González JA, Lo Cascio P, Dennis RLH. 2011. Phylogenetic island disequilibrium: Evidence for ongoing long-term population dynamics in two Mediterranean butterflies. Journal of Biogeography, 38(5):854-867. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02452.x