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Genus of brush-footed butterflies
Heliconius comprises a colorful and widespread genus of brush-footed butterflies commonly known as the longwings or heliconians. This genus is distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the New World, from South America as far north as the southern United States. The larvae of these butterflies eat passion flower vines (Passifloraceae). Adults exhibit bright wing color patterns which signal their distastefulness to potential predators. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: HeliconiusA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Full-Likelihood Genomic Analysis Clarifies a Complex History of Species Divergence and Introgression: The Example of the erato-sara Group of Heliconius ButterfliesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Ecology and Evolution of Heliconius ButterfliesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Rapid morphological radiation and convergence among races of the butterfly Heliconius erato inferred from patterns of mitochondrial DNA evolution.Cited 1,223 times
- Go sideways: Heliconius melpomeneA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Heliconius cydnoA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Rapid morphological radiation and convergence among races of the butterfly Heliconius erato inferred from patterns of mitochondrial DNA evolution.
Genome-wide evidence for speciation with gene flow in Heliconius butterflies
Speciation by hybridization in Heliconius butterflies
Adaptive Introgression across Species Boundaries in Heliconius Butterflies
Pollen Feeding and Reproductive Biology of Heliconius Butterflies
Genomic islands of divergence in hybridizing Heliconius butterflies identified by large-scale targeted sequencing
Estimation of the Spontaneous Mutation Rate in Heliconius melpomene
The Biology of Heliconius and Related Genera
🆕 Influential since 2022
Full-Likelihood Genomic Analysis Clarifies a Complex History of Species Divergence and Introgression: The Example of the erato-sara Group of Heliconius Butterflies
Multiple Mechanisms of Photoreceptor Spectral Tuning inHeliconiusButterflies
Enhanced long-term memory and increased mushroom body plasticity in Heliconius butterflies
Long-term spatial memory across large spatial scales in Heliconius butterflies
Shifting balances in the weighting of sensory modalities are predicted by divergence in brain morphology in incipient species of Heliconius butterflies
đź“š Books worth reading
The Ecology and Evolution of Heliconius ButterfliesChris D. Jiggins · 2017
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