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Papilionidae (swallowtail butterflies) — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Papilionidae

Common names: swallowtail butterflies

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Papilionidae

Roles: pollinator

ITIS TSN: 117268

External: RMBL Collections

Papers: 26 | Mentions: 28

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Knowledge graph centered on Papilionidae with 72 nodes and 158 connections. Top connected: Understanding insect life histories and senescence, Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri.

Publications (26)

Herbivory and water availability interact to shape the adaptive landscape in the perennial forb, Boechera stricta

2025EvolutionRole: text_match

Sensory cues and memory in Lepidopteran mud puddling behavior

2025Role: text_match

Patterns of genetic variation and local adaptation of a native herbivore to a lethal invasive plant

2024Molecular EcologyRole: text_match

Genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptation in specialized species interactions

2023Role: text_match

Novel host unmasks heritable variation in plant preference within an insect population

2022EvolutionRole: text_match

Sweet and salty: Pollinators and sodium-enriched nectar

2022Role: text_match

Selection of floral traits by pollinators and seed predators during sequential life history stages

2021American NaturalistRole: pollinator

Experience may outweigh cue similarity in maintaining a persistent host plant-based evolutionary trap.

Documents (1)

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Co-occurring Species

Papilio

22 shared papers

Lepidoptera

19 shared papers

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae15 shared papers

Bombus

Apidae11 shared papers

Colias

Pieridae10 shared papers

Brassica

Brassicaceae10 shared papers

Hummingbird

10 shared papers

Asteraceae

Asteraceae10 shared papers

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae8 shared papers

Pieris napi

Pieridae8 shared papers

2020

Ecological Monographs. doi 10.1002/ecm.1412

Role: text_match

The persistent maladaptation of <i>Pieris macdunnoughii</i>: Constraints on adaptation to an evolutionary trap

2019Role: text_match

Volatile organic compounds as signals for pollinators and their consistency across years

2019Role: text_match

Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

2018Role: text_match

Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

2018Role: text_match

Detection, prevalence and phylogenetic relationships of <i>Demodex</i> spp and further skin prostigmata mites (Acari, Arachnida) in wild and domestic mammals

2016PLoS ONERole: text_match

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

2016Role: text_match

Adaptation to climate and climate change in Rocky Mountain butterflies: Morphology, physiology, and behavior

2015Role: text_match

Butterflies show flower colour preferences but not constancy in foraging at four plant species

2011Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

The relationships among butterfly size, visitation rate, handling time, and floral display size

2009Role: text_match

Understanding insect life histories and senescence through a resource allocation lens

2009Functional EcologyRole: text_match

Flower preference and constancy in four butterfly species

2007Role: text_match

Temporal and spatial variation in pollination of a montane herb: a seven-year study

2005EcologyRole: text_match

Development to diapause in a population of <i>Euphydryas gillettii</i> (Nymphalidae): effects of egg cluster size and habitat parameters

2004Role: text_match

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

The evolution of wing color: male mate choice opposes adaptive wing color divergence in <i>Colias</i> butterflies

2003EvolutionRole: text_match

Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior

2002American NaturalistRole: text_match

The phenetic relationships of the butterflies. I. Adult taxonomy and the non-specificity hypothesis

1967Systematic ZoologyRole: text_match

Studies on the chromosomes of North American Rhopalocera. I. Papilionidae

1960Journal of the Lepidopterists' SocietyRole: text_match