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SUMMARY:Evolutionary Assembly and Ecological Dynamics of Butterfly Mimicry 
 Rings
LOCATION:Biology Auditorium 136
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20181301T000000
UID:2026-04-23-23-24-38@natsci.colostate.edu
DTSTAMP:20260423T232438
Description:The hallmark of life on earth is morphological diversity\, whic
 h is represented in the spectacular sexually dimorphic and polymorphic win
 g patterns of butterflies. I will address the evolutionary patterns and ec
 ological processes that govern diversification in well-defined mimetic com
 munities called mimicry rings. I will show how phylogenetic conservatism a
 nd convergence shape the evolutionary dynamics of mimicry rings. I will el
 ucidate the role that island biogeographic processes play in the diversity
  and composition of mimicry rings. Finally\, I will present a simple model
  that explains how sexual selection and frequency-dependent predation infl
 uence diversification of mimicry types\, especially in sex-limited and pol
 ymorphic forms.\nI will spend the last 10 minutes talking about the biodiv
 ersity museum and research collections that we are developing at NCBS\, wh
 ich will facilitate biodiversity-related research in India. 4:00 pm
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