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Pieris macdunnoughii

Common names: Margined White butterfly, Pieris butterflies, European butterfly

Authority: Remington, 1954

Taxonomy: Animalia > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pieridae

Regional status: native

Roles: study subject, indicator species, reference species, comparison species

Synonyms: P. macdunnoughii, P. napi macdunnoughii, Pieris napi, P. napi

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 47 | Mentions: 55

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 73 entities)

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Publications (52)

student_paper

The Effect of Drought Stress on the Development of Pieris macdunnoughii Feeding on its Native and Non-Native Host Plants

2026Role: study subject

student_paper

Sensory cues and memory in Lepidopteran mud puddling behavior

2025Role: study subject

chapter

Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

2024Effects of Climate Change on Insects: Physiological, Evolutionary, and Ecological ResponsesRole: text_match

article

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

2024Molecular EcologyRole: study subject

thesis

Genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptation in specialized species interactions

2023Role: text_match

thesis

Genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptation in specialized species interactions

2023Role: study subject

student_paper

Effects of Temperature on Voltinism in Subalpine Potter Wasps (Vespidae: Eumeninae)

2022Role: text_match

article

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

Documents (1)

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Co-occurring Species

2022EvolutionRole: study subject

student_paper

Abundance and elevational range shifts of three species of burying beetle in Gunnison County, Colorado and importance of stridulation during reproduction in burying beetles

2021Role: text_match

article

Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

2021Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsRole: text_match

student_paper

Larval Feeding Ability on a Drought-Stressed Invasive Plant

2021Role: study subject

article

The genome of the Margined White butterfly (Pieris macdunnoughii): sex chromosome insights and the power of polishing with PoolSeq data

2021Genome Biology and EvolutionRole: reference species

article

The genome of the Margined White butterfly (Pieris macdunnoughii): sex chromosome insights and the power of polishing with PoolSeq data

2021Genome Biology and EvolutionRole: study subject

article

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

2020Ecological Monographs. doi 10.1002/ecm.1412Role: study subject

article

Pre- and post-ingestive defenses affect larval feeding on a lethal invasive host plant

2019Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataRole: study subject

article

Pre- and post-ingestive defenses affect larval feeding on a lethal invasive host plant

2019Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataRole: comparison species

thesis

The persistent maladaptation of Pieris macdunnoughii: Constraints on adaptation to an evolutionary trap

2019Role: text_match

thesis

The persistent maladaptation of Pieris macdunnoughii: Constraints on adaptation to an evolutionary trap

2019Role: study subject

student_paper

Dispersal, Wing Morphology and Physiology relationships in Euphydryas Gillettii and implications for conservation

2018Role: text_match

student_paper

Phenology and Phenotypic Variation of Thlaspi arvense Along an Elevational Gradient

2017Role: indicator species

article

Historical changes in thermoregulatory traits of alpine butterflies reveal complex ecological and evolutionary responses to recent climate change

2016Climate Change ResponsesRole: text_match

student_paper

Larval feeding behavior and leaf components that affect the survival of Pieris macdunnoughii on the invasive mustard Thlaspi arvense

2016Role: comparison species

student_paper

Larval feeding behavior and leaf components that affect the survival of Pieris macdunnoughii on the invasive mustard Thlaspi arvense

2016Role: study subject

thesis

The Visual Ecology of Speyeria mormonia

2016Role: text_match

article

The fingerprints of global climate change on insect populations

2016Current Opinion in Insect ScienceRole: text_match

article

Climate variability slows evolutionary responses of Colias butterflies to recent climate change

2015Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

article

Effects of increased flight on the energetics and life history of the butterfly Speyeria mormonia

2015PLoS OneRole: text_match

article

Fine-Grained Distribution of a Non-Native Resource Can Alter the Population Dynamics of a Native Consumer

2015PloS oneRole: study subject

article

Dynamics and structure of a native Pieris population in the presence of a non-native, toxic larval host plant

2014Journal of the Lepidopterists SocietyRole: text_match

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Fitness costs of butterfly oviposition on a lethal non-native plant in a mixed native and non-native plant community

2013OecologiaRole: study subject

article

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

2011Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

student_paper

The effects of elevation and climate on butterfly (Lepidoptera) abundance and activity

2011Role: study subject

article

Toward a synthetic understanding of the role of phenology in ecology and evolution

2010Phil. Trans. R. Soc. BRole: text_match

thesis

Beaver pond morphology as a tool for predicting changes downstream

2009Role: text_match

article

Understanding insect life histories and senescence through a resource allocation lens

2009Functional EcologyRole: study subject

article

The green-veined white (Pieris napi L.), its Pierine relatives, and the systematics of divergent character sets (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

2006Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyRole: text_match

article

Larval food limitation in butterflies: effects on adult resource allocation and fitness

2005OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Resource specialization in puddling Lepidoptera

2004Enivornmental EntomologyRole: text_match

article

The evolution of wing color: male mate choice opposes adaptive wing color divergence in Colias butterflies

2003EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

Relative survival rate of Pieris napi larvae in the field on different host (Cruciferae) plants

2002Role: text_match

article

Flower constancy, insect psychology, and plant evolution

1999NaturwissenschaftenRole: text_match

student_paper

Oviposition variation among Pieris napi due to increasing glucosinolate levels in cruciferous hostplants

1998Role: text_match

article

Insect herbivory as a major factor in the shade distribution of a native crucifer (Cardamine cordifolia A. Gray, bittercress)

1996Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Oviposition preferences in the sharp-veined white butterfly, Pieris napi

1995Role: text_match

student_paper

Oviposition behavior of the white cabbage butterfly, Pieris napi, on native and exotic crucifers

1994Role: text_match

article

DISSECTING CORRELATED CHARACTERS: ADAPTIVE ASPECTS OF PHENOTYPIC COVARIATION IN MELANIZATION PATTERN OFPIERISBUTTERFLIES

1987EvolutionRole: text_match

article

EVOLUTION AND COADAPTATION OF THERMOREGULATORY BEHAVIOR AND WING PIGMENTATION PATTERN IN PIERID BUTTERFLIES

1987EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Thermal ecology of Pieris butterflies (Lepidoptera; Pieridae): a new mechanism of behavioral thermoregulation

1985OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Thermoregulatory significance of wing melanization in Pieris butterflies (Lepidoptera; Pieridae): physics, posture, and pattern

1985OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Ecological significance of flight activity in Colias butterflies: implication for reproductive strategy and population structure

1983EcologyRole: text_match

article

Phytochemical correlates of herbivory in a community of native and naturalized cruciferae

1980Biochemical Systematics and EcologyRole: text_match

article

Adaptive significance of pigment polymorphism in Colias butterflies. I. Variation of melanin pigment in relation to thermoregulation

1968EvolutionRole: text_match

Pieris macdunnoughii

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 73 entities)

Publications (52)

The Effect of Drought Stress on the Development of Pieris macdunnoughii Feeding on its Native and Non-Native Host Plants

Sensory cues and memory in Lepidopteran mud puddling behavior

Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

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

Genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptation in specialized species interactions

Genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptation in specialized species interactions

Effects of Temperature on Voltinism in Subalpine Potter Wasps (Vespidae: Eumeninae)

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

Documents (1)

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Co-occurring Species

Lepidoptera

Pieridae

Thlaspi

Cardamine cordifolia

native plants

Pieris rapae

non-native plants

Colias meadii

Alliaria petiolata

invasive plants

Abundance and elevational range shifts of three species of burying beetle in Gunnison County, Colorado and importance of stridulation during reproduction in burying beetles

Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

Larval Feeding Ability on a Drought-Stressed Invasive Plant

The genome of the Margined White butterfly (Pieris macdunnoughii): sex chromosome insights and the power of polishing with PoolSeq data

The genome of the Margined White butterfly (Pieris macdunnoughii): sex chromosome insights and the power of polishing with PoolSeq data

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

Pre- and post-ingestive defenses affect larval feeding on a lethal invasive host plant

Pre- and post-ingestive defenses affect larval feeding on a lethal invasive host plant

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

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

Dispersal, Wing Morphology and Physiology relationships in <i> Euphydryas Gillettii </I> and implications for conservation

Phenology and Phenotypic Variation of <i>Thlaspi arvense</i> Along an Elevational Gradient

Historical changes in thermoregulatory traits of alpine butterflies reveal complex ecological and evolutionary responses to recent climate change

Larval feeding behavior and leaf components that affect the survival of <i>Pieris macdunnoughii</i> on the invasive mustard <i>Thlaspi arvense</i>

Larval feeding behavior and leaf components that affect the survival of <i>Pieris macdunnoughii</i> on the invasive mustard <i>Thlaspi arvense</i>

The Visual Ecology of <i>Speyeria mormonia</i>

The fingerprints of global climate change on insect populations

Climate variability slows evolutionary responses of <i>Colias</i> butterflies to recent climate change

Effects of increased flight on the energetics and life history of the butterfly <i>Speyeria mormonia</i>

Fine-Grained Distribution of a Non-Native Resource Can Alter the Population Dynamics of a Native Consumer

Dynamics and structure of a native Pieris population in the presence of a non-native, toxic larval host plant

Fitness costs of butterfly oviposition on a lethal non-native plant in a mixed native and non-native plant community

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

The effects of elevation and climate on butterfly (<i>Lepidoptera</i>) abundance and activity

Toward a synthetic understanding of the role of phenology in ecology and evolution

Beaver pond morphology as a tool for predicting changes downstream

Understanding insect life histories and senescence through a resource allocation lens

The green-veined white (Pieris napi L.), its Pierine relatives, and the systematics of divergent character sets (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Larval food limitation in butterflies: effects on adult resource allocation and fitness

Resource specialization in puddling Lepidoptera

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

Relative survival rate of <i>Pieris napi</i> larvae in the field on different host (Cruciferae) plants

Flower constancy, insect psychology, and plant evolution

Oviposition variation among <i>Pieris napi</i> due to increasing glucosinolate levels in cruciferous hostplants

Insect herbivory as a major factor in the shade distribution of a native crucifer (Cardamine cordifolia A. Gray, bittercress)

Oviposition preferences in the sharp-veined white butterfly, <i>Pieris napi</i>

Oviposition behavior of the white cabbage butterfly, <i>Pieris napi</i>, on native and exotic crucifers

DISSECTING CORRELATED CHARACTERS: ADAPTIVE ASPECTS OF PHENOTYPIC COVARIATION IN MELANIZATION PATTERN OFPIERISBUTTERFLIES

EVOLUTION AND COADAPTATION OF THERMOREGULATORY BEHAVIOR AND WING PIGMENTATION PATTERN IN PIERID BUTTERFLIES

Thermal ecology of Pieris butterflies (Lepidoptera; Pieridae): a new mechanism of behavioral thermoregulation

Thermoregulatory significance of wing melanization in Pieris butterflies (Lepidoptera; Pieridae): physics, posture, and pattern

Ecological significance of flight activity in Colias butterflies: implication for reproductive strategy and population structure

Phytochemical correlates of herbivory in a community of native and naturalized cruciferae

Adaptive significance of pigment polymorphism in Colias butterflies. I. Variation of melanin pigment in relation to thermoregulation