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I study butterflies and moths.

Biography

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I hold a PhD degree in Animal Ecology from Stockholm University.

I am interested in the nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology, evolutionary biology, morphology and phylogenetic systematics of Nymphalidae butterflies and Geometridae moths.

Currently I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Genetics of the University of Turku, Finland.

Publications

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  1. Matos-Maravi, P. F., Peña, C., Willmott, K. R., Freitas, A. V. L. & Wahlberg, N. 2013. Systematics and evolutionary history of butterflies in the "Taygetis clade" (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Euptychiina): towards a better understanding of Neotropical biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 66(1): 54-68. | doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.005
  2. Peña, C. & Malm, T. 2012. VoSeq: a Voucher and DNA Sequence Web Application PLoS ONE, 7(6): e39071. | doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039071
  3. Nyman, T., Linder, H. P., Peña, C., Malm, T. & Wahlberg, N. 2012. Climate-driven diversity dynamics in plants and plant-feeding insects. Ecology Letters, in press. | doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01782.x
  4. Heikkilä, M., Kaila, L., Mutanen, M., Peña, C., & Wahlberg, N. 2012. Cretaceous origin and repeated Tertiary diversification of the redefined butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279: 1093-1099. | doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1430
  5. Peña, C. 2011. Métodos de inferencia filogenética. Revista peruana de Biología, 18(2): 265-267.
  6. Pulido-B, H. W., Andrade-C, M. G., Peña, C., & Lamas, G. 2011. Two new taxa of Euptychia Hübner, 1818 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from the Andes of Colombia and Peru. Zootaxa, 2906: 43-51.
  7. Marin, M. A., Peña, C., Freitas, A. V. L., Wahlberg, N. & Uribe, S. I. 2011. From the phylogeny of the Satyrinae butterflies to the systematics of Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae): history, progress and prospects. Neotropical Entomology, 40(1):1-13. | download from Scielo Brazil
  8. Peña, C., Nylin, S., & Wahlberg, N. 2011. The radiation of Satyrini butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): a challenge for phylogenetic methods. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 161(1): 64-87. | doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00627.x
  9. Peña, C., Nylin, S., Freitas, A.V.L. & N. Wahlberg. 2010. Biogeographic history of the butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Zoologica Scripta, 38: 243-258. | doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00421.x
  10. Kodandaramaiah, U., Peña, C., Braby, M., Grund, R., Müller, C. J., Nylin, S. & N. Wahlberg. 2010. Phylogenetics of Coenonymphina (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) and the problem of rooting rapid radiations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 54: 386-394. | doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.012
  11. Wahlberg, N., Leneveu, J., Kodandaramaiah, U., Peña, C., Nylin, S., Freitas, A. V. L. & Brower, A. V. Z. 2009. Nymphalid butterflies diversify following near demise at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B, 276: 4295–4302 | doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1303. Electronic Material, download here. Read the interview in ScienceNOW.
  12. Peña, C., & N. Wahlberg. 2008. Prehistorical climate change increased diversification of a group of butterflies. Biology Letters 4(3): 274-278. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0062
  13. Wahlberg, N. & C. Peña. 2007. A Dominican Republic sojourn. News of the Lepidopterists' Society 49(1): 12–15, 37. Download PDF
  14. Peña, C., N. Wahlberg, E. Weingartner, U. Kodandaramaiah, S. Nylin, A.V.L. Freitas & A.V.Z. Brower. 2006. Higher level phylogeny of Satyrinae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 29-49. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.007
  15. Freitas, A.V.L. & C. Peña. 2006. Description of genus Guaianaza for "Euptychia" pronophila (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with a description of the immature stages. Zootaxa 1163: 49-59.
  16. Peña, C. & G. Lamas. 2005. Revision of the butterfly genus Forsterinaria Gray, 1973 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Revista peruana de Biología 12(1): 5-48. | Download PDF

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