Congruence and diversity of butterfly-host plant associations at higher taxonomic levels

dc.contributor.authorFerrer-Paris, José Ren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSánchez-Mercado, Adaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorViloria, Ángel Len_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDonaldson, Johnen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-28T06:53:31Z
dc.date.available2015-12-28T06:53:31Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWe aggregated data on butterfly-host plant associations from existing sources in order to address the following questions: (1) is there a general correlation between host diversity and butterfly species richness?, (2) has the evolution of host plant use followed consistent patterns across butterfly lineages?, (3) what is the common ancestral host plant for all butterfly lineages? The compilation included 44,148 records from 5,152 butterfly species (28.6% of worldwide species of Papilionoidea) and 1,193 genera (66.3%). The overwhelming majority of butterflies use angiosperms as host plants. Fabales is used by most species (1,007 spp.) from all seven butterfly families and most subfamilies, Poales is the second most frequently used order, but is mostly restricted to two species-rich subfamilies: Hesperiinae (56.5% of all Hesperiidae), and Satyrinae (42.6% of all Nymphalidae). We found a significant and strong correlation between host plant diversity and butterfly species richness. A global test for congruence (Parafit test) was sensitive to uncertainty in the butterfly cladogram, and suggests a mixed system with congruent associations between Papilionidae and magnoliids, Hesperiidae and monocots, and the remaining subfamilies with the eudicots (fabids and malvids), but also numerous random associations. The congruent associations are also recovered as the most probable ancestral states in each node using maximum likelihood methods. The shift from basal groups to eudicots appears to be more likely than the other way around, with the only exception being a Satyrine-clade within the Nymphalidae that feed on monocots. Our analysis contributes to the visualization of the complex pattern of interactions at superfamily level and provides a context to discuss the timing of changes in host plant utilization that might have promoted diversification in some butterfly lineages.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationFerrer-Paris, J. R., Sánchez-Mercado, A., Viloria, Á. L., & Donaldson, J. (2013). Congruence and diversity of butterfly-host plant associations at higher taxonomic levels. <i>PLoS One</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16083en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationFerrer-Paris, José R, Ada Sánchez-Mercado, Ángel L Viloria, and John Donaldson "Congruence and diversity of butterfly-host plant associations at higher taxonomic levels." <i>PLoS One</i> (2013) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16083en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFerrer-Paris, J. R., Sánchez-Mercado, A., Viloria, Á. L., & Donaldson, J. (2012). Congruence and diversity of butterfly-host plant associations at higher taxonomic levels. PloS one, 8(5), e63570. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063570en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Ferrer-Paris, José R AU - Sánchez-Mercado, Ada AU - Viloria, Ángel L AU - Donaldson, John AB - We aggregated data on butterfly-host plant associations from existing sources in order to address the following questions: (1) is there a general correlation between host diversity and butterfly species richness?, (2) has the evolution of host plant use followed consistent patterns across butterfly lineages?, (3) what is the common ancestral host plant for all butterfly lineages? The compilation included 44,148 records from 5,152 butterfly species (28.6% of worldwide species of Papilionoidea) and 1,193 genera (66.3%). The overwhelming majority of butterflies use angiosperms as host plants. Fabales is used by most species (1,007 spp.) from all seven butterfly families and most subfamilies, Poales is the second most frequently used order, but is mostly restricted to two species-rich subfamilies: Hesperiinae (56.5% of all Hesperiidae), and Satyrinae (42.6% of all Nymphalidae). We found a significant and strong correlation between host plant diversity and butterfly species richness. A global test for congruence (Parafit test) was sensitive to uncertainty in the butterfly cladogram, and suggests a mixed system with congruent associations between Papilionidae and magnoliids, Hesperiidae and monocots, and the remaining subfamilies with the eudicots (fabids and malvids), but also numerous random associations. The congruent associations are also recovered as the most probable ancestral states in each node using maximum likelihood methods. The shift from basal groups to eudicots appears to be more likely than the other way around, with the only exception being a Satyrine-clade within the Nymphalidae that feed on monocots. Our analysis contributes to the visualization of the complex pattern of interactions at superfamily level and provides a context to discuss the timing of changes in host plant utilization that might have promoted diversification in some butterfly lineages. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0063570 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - PLoS One LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Congruence and diversity of butterfly-host plant associations at higher taxonomic levels TI - Congruence and diversity of butterfly-host plant associations at higher taxonomic levels UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16083 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/16083
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063570
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationFerrer-Paris JR, Sánchez-Mercado A, Viloria ÁL, Donaldson J. Congruence and diversity of butterfly-host plant associations at higher taxonomic levels. PLoS One. 2013; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16083.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_ZA
dc.rights.holder© 2013 Ferrer-Paris et alen_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_ZA
dc.sourcePLoS Oneen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://journals.plos.org/plosoneen_ZA
dc.subject.otherMoths and butterfliesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherFlowering plantsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherPlant phylogeneticsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSpecies diversityen_ZA
dc.subject.otherBiodiversityen_ZA
dc.subject.otherPhylogeneticsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherPlant-herbivore interactionsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherNymphsen_ZA
dc.titleCongruence and diversity of butterfly-host plant associations at higher taxonomic levelsen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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