The evolutionary relationships between ecology, cognition, and neurobiology remain
elusive, despite important contributions from functional studies and comparative analyses …

Population dynamics, persistence, and distribution are emergent properties of animal
movement behavior and the spatial configuration of resources. Monarch butterflies are a …

Visual cues are important for insects to find flowers and host plants. It has been proposed
that the diversity of leaf shape in Passiflora vines could be a result of negative frequency …

Spatial memory helps animals to navigate familiar environments. In insects, spatial memory
has extensively been studied in central place foragers such as ants and bees. However, if …

The selective pressures leading to the elaboration of downstream, integrative processing
centres, such as the mammalian neocortex or insect mushroom bodies, are often unclear. In …

Ecological theory predicts that specialist insect herbivores are more likely to locate and
colonize host plants growing in relatively sparse or pure stands compared to host plants …

The connection between adult preferences and offspring performance is a long‐standing
issue in understanding the evolutionary and ecological forces that dictate host associations …

Highlights•Butterflies are underutilised in evolutionary neurobiology and
neuroethology.•They showcase recent ecological radiations and striking behavioural …

Abstract Butterflies (Insecta: Lepidoptera) contribute to the ecosystem services and thereby
qualify as a group deserving conservation effort. Information on the butterfly-plant links is …

Simple Summary Each year, millions of monarch butterflies in eastern North America
undergo a spectacular fall migration to overwintering sites in central Mexico, where they …