The study of global biodiversity will greatly benefit from access to comprehensive DNA
barcode libraries at continental scale, but such datasets are still very rare. Here, we …

Motivation Butterflies represent a model in biology and a flagship group for invertebrate
conservation. We provide four new resources for the Western Palaearctic butterflies:(1) an …

Migration is typically associated with risk and uncertainty at the population level, but little is
known about its cost–benefit trade‐offs at the species level. Migratory insects in particular …

With the aim of supporting ecological analyses in butterflies, the third most species-rich
superfamily of Lepidoptera, this paper presents the first time-calibrated phylogeny of all 496 …

Trait-based analyses explaining the different responses of species and communities to
environmental changes are increasing in frequency. European butterflies are an indicator …

Dispersal ability is known to influence geographical structuring of genetic variation within
species, with a direct relationship between low vagility and population genetic structure …

Phenological change is the most widely documented biological impact of climate change,
but shows marked variation in magnitude among populations and species. Thus, quantifying …

The Odonata are considered among the most endangered freshwater faunal taxa. Their
DNA‐based monitoring relies on validated reference data sets that are often lacking or do …

The influence of species life history traits and historical demography on contemporary
connectivity is still poorly understood. However, these factors partly determine the …

Climate change is causing shifts in the distribution of many species and populations
inhabiting mountain tops are particularly vulnerable to these threats because they are …