Abstract The Greater Cape Floristic Region at the southern tip of Africa is a global
megadiversity hotspot. The region's biodiversity has been driven by a long history of …

Africa has undergone a progressive aridification during the last 20 My that presumably
impacted organisms and fostered the evolution of life history adaptations. We test the …

Palparine and palparidiine antlions constitute an emblematic clade of large and
occasionally colourful insects that are only distributed in the western portion of the Eastern …

Abstract Analysis of genetic divergence in published mitochondrial DNA barcodes from
'juniper'and 'cedar'hairstreaks, Callophrys gryneus (Hübner) and Callophrys muiri (Hy …

Based on a global compilation of data on ant associates of 523 Lycaenidae species, a
synthesis is attempted as to which ants participate in these interactions. Ants from 63 genera …

Genomic sequencing of worldwide butterfly fauna followed by phylogenetic analysis of
protein-coding genes informs butterfly classification throughout the taxonomic hierarchy …

Abstract The Cape Floristic Region in the Republic of South Africa is a well‐recognized
hotspot of biodiversity. Although this region is mostly known for its high level of plant …

The opening of habitats associated with the emergence of C4 grasslands during the
Neogene had a massive influence on the evolution of plant and animal communities …

A taxonomic revision of Chrysoritis butterflies based on morphological, ecological and
distributional data cross validated with molecular phylogenetic analyses by Quek et …

The molecular data of Talavera et al.(2020) is re-analysed to provide a foundation for a
taxonomic revision of Chrysoritis. A COI phylogeny recovers most of the Chrysoritis species …