Colonization, diversification and speciation of the genus Hipparchia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Canary Islands

This dataset was assembled to investigate the evolutionary history of Hipparchia butterflies in the Canary Islands, an archipelago known for its high levels of endemism and complex colonization dynamics. Hipparchia species occur on five of the seven main islands, yet their origin, taxonomic boundaries, and diversification patterns have remained unresolved. To address these questions, we compiled molecular and geographic data representing all insular taxa along with their closest mainland relatives. The dataset includes newly generated sequences for three genetic markers (COIb, GAPDH, and wingless), as well as COIa sequences retrieved from public databases. All sequences used to build the input datasets for the analyses are available in GenBank. In addition to the sequence alignments, this data package includes the input files and corresponding results from the phylogenetic, dating, species delimitation, and biogeographic analyses described in the associated manuscript.Strict_clock_rates_input_results_FigS1A.zip contains input files and results from the strict clock analysis associated with Figure S1A.BPP_input_results.zip contains the input files and result files from the BPP analysis.PartitionFinder2_input_results.zip contains the input files, configuration files and results of the PartitionFinder2 analyses.RAxML-ng_input_results.zip contains the input files and results from the RAxML-ng analysis.Relaxed_clock_rates_input_results_FigS1B.zip contains the input files and results from the relaxed clock analysis associated with Figure S1B.BioGeoBEARS_input_results.zip contains the input files, R script and results of the BioGeoBEARS analysis.MrBayes_input_result.zip contains the input files and results for the Bayesian Inference analysis with MrBayes.Strict_clock_rates_root_Fig2 contains the input files and results from the strict clock analysis associated with Figure 2.