Contact
Florida Museum of Natural History
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity
3215 Hull Road
Gainesville, Florida 32611-2710
352-273-2012
kwillmott@flmnh.ufl.edu
Collections & Programs
Systematics of Neotropical Butterflies Lab
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity
Other Affiliations
Education
Ph.D. University of Florida
B.S. Cambridge University
Research Interests
Neotropical butterfly systematics, diversity, evolution, biodiversity conservation
Publications
Recent Research News
Butterfly tree of life reveals an origin in North America
About 100 million years ago, a group of trendsetting moths started flying during the day rather than at night, taking…
Family tree of ‘boring’ butterflies shows they’re anything but
Walk a short distance through the Amazon Rainforest, and you might witness what look like dead leaves launch from the…
Endowment brings influx of expertise to the McGuire Center
Early in 2022, the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity launched its first travel award program for visiting researchers. A…
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