8056bba1-8370-4d2b-b537-018c79c8acb0 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:26:12 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Taxonomic data, brain, and neuropil volume measurements of Ithomiini butterflies, Orellana Province, Ecuador, 2011-2012 2024-11-18 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/8056bba1-8370-4d2b-b537-018c79c8acb0 10.5285/8056bba1-8370-4d2b-b537-018c79c8acb0 doi: Montgomery, S., Wainwright, B.J. (2024). Taxonomic data, brain, and neuropil volume measurements of Ithomiini butterflies, Orellana Province, Ecuador, 2011-2012. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/8056bba1-8370-4d2b-b537-018c79c8acb0 This dataset presents taxonomic data, and neuropil volume measurements of sensory structures in the brains of wild caught ithomiini butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Danainae), within a single community in Yasuní national park, Orellana Province, Ecuador, collected in 2011-2012. Variables measured include taxonomic detail, sex, mimicry ring, and the volumes of major sensory neuropils (the medulla, lobula plate, lobula, ventral lobula, accessory medulla, antennal lobe and anterior optic tubercule) and the central brain volume. This dataset was created to examine how sensory environments shape investment in sensory brain centers in butterflies, as part of a NERC Independent Research Fellowship NE/N014936/1. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/8056bba1-8370-4d2b-b537-018c79c8acb0 Montgomery, S. University of Bristol s.montgomery@bristol.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5474-5695 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information pointOfContact Montgomery, S. University of Bristol s.montgomery@bristol.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5474-5695 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Wainwright, B.J. University of Bristol jbw21@st-andrews.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3689-1725 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian University of Bristol s.montgomery@bristol.ac.uk owner Species Distribution theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Biodiversity brain butterflies Lepidoptera brain volume ithomiini neuropil optic lobe otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Montgomery, S., Wainwright, B.J. (2024). Taxonomic data, brain, and neuropil volume measurements of Ithomiini butterflies, Orellana Province, Ecuador, 2011-2012. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/8056bba1-8370-4d2b-b537-018c79c8acb0 textTable English utf8 biota 2011-01-01 2012-12-31 -76.805 -75.372 -1.56 -0.401 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/8056bba1-8370-4d2b-b537-018c79c8acb0 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/8056bba1-8370-4d2b-b537-018c79c8acb0.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Samples were collected over two field seasons in 2011/12 in Yasuní National Park, Ecuador, fixed in situ and returned to the UK. Fixed samples were then stained with Anti-SYNORF as a primary antibody, cy2 as a secondary antibody, and imaged using confocal microscopy. The resulting images, which highlight boundaries between brain regions, were then segmented using AMIRA software to quantify neuropil volumes. Please see supporting documentation for further detail.