Protected areas (PAs) are a widely recognized tool for biodiversity and ecosystem
conservation. However, megadiverse countries struggle to manage, maintain, and expand …

The diverse, largely Neotropical subtribe Euptychiina is widely regarded as one of the most
taxonomically challenging groups among all butterflies. Over the last two decades …

Mountains are among the most powerful natural gradients for testing ecological and
evolutionary responses of biota to environmental influences because differences in climate …

Habitat heterogeneity affects species distribution, and a better understanding of this
relationship can inform biodiversity conservation. To understand how habitat heterogeneity …

Species losses are increasing and may have an impact on our understanding of patterns of
evolutionary pathways and phylogenetic relationships among the groups being lost. The …

The coastal forests north of the Sao Francisco River lie on mostly gentle terrain, spanning
four states in the Brazilian Northeast. Since colonial times, these landscapes have endured …

A new genus of Euptychiina, Emeryus Zacca, Casagrande & Mielke, gen. nov., is herein
described using an integrative taxonomic approach to accommodate three species …

ABSTRACT A new genus and species of Euptychiina (Satyrinae), Cristalinaia vitoria Mota,
Zacca & Freitas gen. et sp. nov., is described based on three specimens collected in the …

A new genus, Optimandes Marín, Nakahara & Willmott, n. gen., is described to contain the
type species Neonympha eugenia C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867, its junior subjective synonym …

The male genitalic characters of Hexapoda are well known for their great taxonomic and
systematic value. Despite insect male genitalia displaying large diversity, variation, and …