Butterflies

Butterflies are winged insects of the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, marked by large, often brightly coloured wings and a conspicuous fluttering flight. As pollinators and herbivores they are sensitive indicators of habitat quality.

Everything across Biodiversa tagged with the topic “Butterflies”.

Researchers

2

• Researcher Karl-Olof Bergman Associate professor, docent
• Researcher Victor Johansson Lecturer

Projects

8

• Project Conservation of the large blue butterfly (Phengaris arion): Distribution and density, oviposition preferences and relation to its host ant (Myrmica)
• Project Ecological drivers for Parnassius apollo conservation on Gotland: behaviour and habitat use
• Project Habitat requirements and population dynamics of three endangered butterfly species
• Project Monitoring and habitat requirements of grassland butterflies
• Project Restoring fragile wings
• Project Tracking the trends and distribution of butterflies and moths in northern europe
• Project Tracking the trends and spatiotemporal variation of Marsh Fritillary on Gotland
• Project Trends and distribution of the woodland brown butterfly