Host plant limitation poses a major threat to the endangered specialist butterfly Luehdorfia chinensis Leech, 1893, whose larvae are oligophagous at the species level on Asarum spp., while local populations often appear monophagous, depending on the...
L. chinensis is a National Grade II Protected Animal in China, and predicting its suitable habitats in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is crucial for developing effective conservation strategies. This study uses methods such as the...
Climate change is altering the potential distribution of many butterfly species, but climatic suitability alone may be insufficient to sustain the long-term viability of host-dependent butterflies. For papilionid butterflies, larval feeding and devel...