Heliconiini distribution maps
Authors/Creators
- 1. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
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Harvard University
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University of California, Berkeley
- 4. University of Florida
Description
Summary
This repository contains predicted distribution maps for heliconiine butterflies issued from the analyses presented in this research paper:
“Pérochon et al., 2025 - Müllerian Mimicry in Neotropical Butterflies: One Mimicry Ring to Bring Them All and in the Jungle Bind Them. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(9): e70127.” https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70127
Associated archives
Maps are derived from distribution models run on occurrences data available in an other associated archive: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10906853.
Phenotypic classification applied in this study can be found in this associated archive: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10903197.
Scripts to reproduce these maps are available on Github at https://github.com/EddiePerochon/Heliconiini_Diversity.
Contents
This repository contains three folders with multiple maps in PDF format:
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:file_folder: Subspecies_maps: 439 maps of habitat suitability depicting current distribution of each heliconiine subspecies.
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:file_folder: OMU_maps: 141 maps of habitat suitability depicting current distribution of each OMU (Operational Mimicry Unit as set of subspecies within the same species that shared the same mimetic wing pattern).
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:file_folder: Species_maps: 74 maps of habitat suitability depicting current distribution of each heliconiine species.
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:file_folder: Phenotypic_group_maps/Range_maps: 38 maps depicting current distribution of phenotypic group (including all OMUs sharing the same wing color pattern).
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:file_folder: Phenotypic_group_maps/Richness_maps: 38 maps of local richness for each phenotypic group estimated as the number of local species/OMUs sharing this wing color pattern.
How to cite
Please cite this research article as:
Pérochon, E., Rosser, N., Kozak, K., McMillan, W.O., Huertas, B., Mallet, J., Ready, J., Willmott, K., Elias, M. & Doré, M. (2025). Müllerian Mimicry in Neotropical Butterflies: One Mimicry Ring to Bring Them All and in the Jungle Bind Them. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(9): e70127. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70127