Interglacials are driving speciation and intraspecific differentiation in the cold‐adapted butterfly species group Boloria pales / napaea (Nymphalidae)

• Published in: Journal of Biogeography
• Main Authors: Ehl, Stefan, Ehl, Sarah, Kramp, Katja, Schmitt, Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; The Splits
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13988; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jbi.13988; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/jbi.13988

Abstract Aim Cold‐adapted species had their largest distribution areas during glacial periods, whereas the subsequent interglacials led to retreats of these taxa into mountain ranges and more northern regions, but existing data are not sufficient for generalizing these range dynamics. To improve our...