Dr Blanca Huertas

Grants

Capacity building for post-conflict Colombia using butterflies as an alternative resource towards a sustainable bioeconomy
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Total value £21,483 (to Museum £21,483)
Dates: 2018 - 2018

Role: Principal investigatorHuertas B

YARE Project: Serranía de los Yariguíes Assessment and Research of Endangered species.
Role: Principal investigatorHuertas B
Funding: Conservation Leadership Programme

Committees

Member, North American Butterflies Association Scientific Names Committee, 2016 - on going.

Member, Steering Committee IUCN butterfly specialist group, IUCN,

Reviewer / referee

Publications

Conservacion Colombiana, (Journal), Anonymous peer review,

Revista Biota Colombiana, (Journal), Anonymous peer review,

Boletin de la Universidad de Caldas, (Journal), Anonymous peer review,

SOCOLEN: Revista Colombiana de Entomología, (Journal), Anonymous peer review,

Conservation & Society, (Journal), Anonymous peer review,

Check List: Journal of Species Lists and Distribution, (Journal), Anonymous peer review,

Journal of Natural History, (Journal), Anonymous peer review,

Neotropical Entomology, (Journal), Anonymous peer review,

Bulletin Allyn Musueum, (Journal), Anonymous peer review,

Tropical Lepidoptera Research, (Journal), Anonymous peer review,

Systematic Entomology, (Journal), Anonymous peer review,

Zootaxa, (Journal), Anonymous peer review,

Publications

ROSA AHB, HUERTAS B, WILLMOTT KR, BARBOSA EP, MACHADO PA, MIELKE OHH, CANAAN CHP, FREITAS AVL (null) Fifty years without a name: a new species of Splendeuptychia Forster (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Zootaxa, 5061 (1) : 95 - 114. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5061.1.4

HUERTAS B, PRIETO C, MONTERO F, ADAMS M, LE CROM JF, BOLLINO M, CORREA-CARMONA Y, PADRÓN PS (null) One Hundred Years of Solitude: rediscovery of Catasticta lycurgus (Godman & Salvin, 1880), a yellow butterfly from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Zootaxa, 4975 (1) : doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4975.1.7

Zhang J, Lees DC, Shen J, Cong Q, Huertas B, Martin G, Grishin NV (2020) The mitogenome of a Malagasy butterfly Malaza fastuosus (Mabille, 1884) recovered from the holotype collected over 140 years ago adds support for a new subfamily of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Genome, 63 (4) : 195 - 202. doi: 10.1139/gen-2019-0189

Theng M, Jusoh WFA, Jain A, Huertas B, Tan DJX, Tan HZ, Kristensen NP, Meier R, Chisholm RA (2020) A comprehensive assessment of diversity loss in a well-documented tropical insect fauna: Almost half of Singapore's butterfly species extirpated in 160 years. Biological Conservation, 242 : 108401 - 108401. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108401

Hoyal Cuthill JF, Guttenberg N, Ledger S, Crowther R, Huertas B (2019) Deep learning on butterfly phenotypes tests evolution’s oldest mathematical model. Science Advances, 5 (8) : doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw4967

Espeland M, Breinholt JW, Barbosa EP, Casagrande MM, Huertas B, Lamas G, Marín MA, Mielke OHH, Miller JY, Nakahara S, Tan D, Warren AD, Zacca T, Kawahara AY, Freitas AVL, Willmott KR (2019) Four hundred shades of brown: Higher level phylogeny of the problematic Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) based on hybrid enrichment data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 131 : 116 - 124. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.039

Nakahara S, Zacca T, Huertas B, Neild AFE, Hall JPW, Lamas G, Holian LA, Espeland M, Willmott KR (2018) Remarkable sexual dimorphism, rarity and cryptic species: a revision of the ‘aegrota species group’ of the Neotropical butterfly genus Caeruleuptychia with the description of three new species (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Insect Systematics & Evolution, 49 (2) : 130 - 182. doi: 10.1163/1876312x-00002167

Montejo-Kovacevich G, Goral T, Huertas B (2017) Concealed Androconial Scales in Metalmark Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae): New Insights from Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy. Journal of Entomological Science, 52 (4) : 332 - 339. doi: 10.18474/jes17-11.1

Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, Albuquerque S, Paterson G, Kitching I (null) iCollections methodology: workflow, results and lessons learned. Biodiversity Data Journal, 5 : doi: 10.3897/bdj.5.e19893

ZUBEK A, PYRCZ T, LORENC-BRUDECKA J, BOYER P, CERDEÑA J, MAHECHA-JIMÉNEZ O, HUERTAS B (null) Systematic revision of the Andean butterfly genus Orophila Staudinger, 1886 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Biblidinae). Zootaxa, 4258 (5) : 443 - 443. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.5.3

Vane-Wright D, Huertas B, Fage J (2017) The Brighton Monarch 2015 – born free, or escapee?. Entomologist’s Gazette, 68 : 73 - 84.

ZACCA T, CASAGRANDE MM, MIELKE OHH, HUERTAS B, NEILD AFE, BENMESBAH M (null) Description of a new species of Euptychiina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from South America. Zootaxa, 4231 (3) : 442 - 442. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.3.10

Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, Albuquerque S, Paterson G, Kitching I (null) iCollections methodology: workflow, results and lessons learned. Biodiversity Data Journal, 5 : doi: 10.3897/bdj.5.e21277

Huertas B, Lamas G, Fagua G, Mallet J, Nakahara S, Willmott K (2016) A remarkable new butterfly species from western Amazonia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Conservacion Colombiana, 5 - 11.

Paterson GLJ, Albuquerque S, Blagoderov V, Brooks S, Cafferty S, Cane E, Carter V, Chainey J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Duffle L, Hine A, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Huxley R, Kitching IJ, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Martin G, Mazzetta G, Penn M, Perera J, Sadka M, Scialabba E, Siebert D, Sleep C, Toloni F, Wing P (2016) iCollections.

van Swaay C, Regan E, Ling M, Bozhinovska E, Fernandez M, Huertas B, Phon C, Kőrosi A, Onildo A, Marini-Filho J, Meerman J, Peer G, Sáfián S, Sam L, Shuey J, Taron D, Terblanche R, Uehara-Prado M, Underhill LG (2015) Guidelines for Standardised Global Butterfly Monitoring. : Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity GEOBON32.

Huertas B, Moorwood A, Forero F, Kirby R, Rodriguez A, Doyer T (2015) What’s the point? New biodiversity records from a rapid assessment of a tepuy in PNN Serranía de Chiribiquete during the filming of the National Geographic documentary ‘Wild Colombia’ and the feature film ‘Colombia Magia Salvaje’. Conservacion Colombiana, 23 : 82 - 90.

Pethers H, Huertas B (2015) The Dollman Collection: A Case Study of Linking Library and Historical Specimen Collections at the Natural History Museum, London. The Linnean, 31 (2) : 18 - 22.

Huertas B (2015) TORBEN BJØRN LARSEN. Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation, 127 : 180 - 182.

Patrick B, Roger B, Andrew N, Juan S, Yuvinka G, Huertas B (2014) Revisiting the Andean butterfly Eryphanis zolvizora group (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae): one or several species?. European Journal of Taxonomy, 0 :

Donegan, T , Huertas B (2014) Noteworthy bird records on San Andrés island, Colombia.. Conservacion Colombiana,

Merckx, T. , Huertas B, Basset, Y. , Thomas, J. (2013) A global perspective on conserving butterflies and moths and their habitats, In: Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2, Macdonald DW, Willis KJ (Eds). John Wiley & Sons : 528.

Rosser N, Phillimore AB, HUERTAS B, Willmott KR, Mallet J (2012) Testing historical explanations for gradients in species richness in heliconiine butterflies of tropical America. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 105 : 479 - 497. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01814.x

Donegan TM, Huertas B (2011) The subspecies of Brown–throated Parakeet Aratinga pertinax on San Andrés island. Conservacion Colombiana 1900–1592, 15 : 35 - 37.

Huertas B (2011) A new species of satyrid butterfly from Peru (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Euptychiini).. Zootaxa, 63 - 68.

HUERTAS B (2011) A new species of Satyrinae butterfly from Peru (Nymphalidae: Satyrini: Euptychiina). Zootaxa, 2802 : 63 - 68.

HUERTAS B, FAGUA G (null) Distribution and conservation status of nominate Euptychia cesarense in the East Andes of Colombia. Zootaxa, 2906 (1) : 66 - 66. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2906.1.5

Donegan TM, Avendaño JE, Briceño-L ER, Luna JC, Roa C, Parra R, Turner C, Sharp M, Huertas B (2010) Aves de la Serranía de los Yariguíes y tierras bajas circundantes, Santander, Colombia. Cotinga, 32 : 72 - 89.

Donegan TM, Collar NJ, Ellery T, Giles OAR, Huertas B, Olaciregui C, Salaman P, Swift B, Toro-M JL (2010) Photographic record of Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum from the Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia. Cotinga, 32 : 105 - 106.

Donegan T, Avendaño-C JE, Huertas B, Flórez P (2009) AVIFAUNA DE SAN PEDRO DE LOS MILAGROS, ANTIOQUIA: UNA COMPARACIÓN ENTRE COLECCIONES ANTIGUAS Y EVALUACIONES RÁPIDAS. Boletín Cientifico del Centro de Museos, Museo de Historia Natural (Caldas) 0123 - 3068, 13 : 63 - 72.

Donegan T, Avendaño-C JE, Huertas B, Flórez P (2009) BIRDS OF SAN PEDRO DE LOS MILAGROS, ANTIOQUIA: A COMPARISON BETWEEN HICTORIC COLLECTIONS AND RAPID ASSESSMENTS. Boletín Científico. Centro de Museos. Museo de Historia Natural, 13 : 63 - 72.

HUERTAS B, Rîos C, Le Crom J (2009) A new species of Splendeuptychia from the Magdalena Valley in Colombia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Zootaxa, 2014 : 51 - 58.

Donegan TM, Huertas B, Avendaño J, Briceño E, Donegan M (2008) The first biological explorations of Serranía de los Yariguíes, Colombia. Neotropical Birding, 3 : 38 - 43.

Donegan TM, Avendaño-C JE, Briceño ER, Huertas B (2007) Range extensions, taxonomic and ecological notes from Serranía de los Yariguíes, Colombia's new national park. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 127 : 172 - 213.

HUERTAS B, Arias J (2007) A new butterfly species from the Colombian Andes and a review of the taxonomy of the genera Idioneurula Strand, 1932 and Tamania Pyrcz, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Zootaxa, 1652 : 27 - 40.

HUERTAS B, ARIAS JJ (2007) A new butterfly species from the Colombian Andes and a review of the taxonomy of the genera Idioneurula Strand, 1932 and Tamania Pyrcz, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Zootaxa, 1652 :

T. YA, B. JJA, Bustos X, Cortés-D A, Cuervo-M AM, Dávalos LM, Davison D, Donegan TM, O. CEG, Hernández MF, Huertas B, Jarvis A, Ochoa JM, Rojas V, Salaman P (2007) Editorial: Introducción a las expediciones anglo-colombianas en la Serranía de los Churumbelos. Conservacion Colombiana 1900-1592, 3 : 2 - 6.

Willmott K, Huertas B (2006, 1 8) MANUAL PARA EL MANEJO DE LA BASE DE DATOS DEL PROYECTO TROPICAL ANDEAN BUTTERFLY DIVERSITY (TABDP).

Huertas B, Willmott K (2006, 15 6) Manual for digital photography.

Donegan TM, Avendaño-C JE, H. BCH (2006) Una posible nueva localidad para el amenazado Loro Orejiamarillo Ognorhynchus icterotis en San Pedro de los Milagros. Conservacion Colombiana 1900-1592, 2 : 85 - 86.

Donegan TM, Huertas B (2006) A new brush-finch in the Atlapetes latinuchus complex from the Yariguíes Mountains and adjacent Eastern Andes of Colombia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 126 : 94 - 116.

HUERTAS B, Donegan T (2006) Investigation and Evaluation of Threatened Species in the Serranía de lao Yariguíes, Santander, Colombia. : Fundación ProAves. http://www.proaves.org/IMG/pdf/Colombian_EBA_Proyect_Report_Series_7-3.pdf

Donegan TM, Huertas B, Arias JJ, Briceño E, Donegan M (2005) Threatened species of Serrania de los Yariguies. Colombian EBA Project Report Series 1811-1246, 5 : 1 - 81.

Donegan TM, Huertas B, Briceno E (2005) Discovery of a population stronghold of Gorgeted Wood-Quail Odontophorus strophium, a critically endangered Colombian endemic, with notes on ecology and vocalisations.. Cotinga, 23 : 74 - 77.

Huertas BC, Ë H (2004) WHY ARE BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?i An Overview of the Biology of the Heliconiini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Boletin Cientifico Museo de Historia natural Universidad de Caldas, 141 - 153.

Donegan TM, Huertas B, Briceno E (2003) Status of the Magdalena Tinamou Crypturellus saltuarius in the type locality and surrounding lower Magdalena Valley.. Cotinga, 19 : 34 - 39.

Donegan TM, Huertas B (2002) Registro de una pareja de la Tórtola de Collar Streptopelia risoria en el departamento de Norte de Santander, Colombia.. Boletin de la Sociedad Antioquena de Ornitologia, 8 : 73 - 76.

Donegan TM, Huertas B (2002) First mainland record of Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorus for Colombia. Cotinga, 17 : 77 - 78.

Huertas B (2001) Diurnal butterflies of the Churumbelos mountains. Altitudinal distribution and species diversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Revista colombiana de entomología, 27 : 169 - 176.

Paterson G, Albuquerque S, Blagoderov V, Brooks S, Cafferty S, Cane E, Carter V, Chainey J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Duffell L, Hine A, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Huxley R, Kitching I, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Martin G, Mazzetta G, Penn M, Perera J, Sadka M, Scialabba E, Self A, Siebert D, Sleep C, Toloni F, Wing P (null) iCollections – Digitising the British and Irish Butterflies in the Natural History Museum, London. Biodiversity Data Journal, 4 : e9559 - e9559. doi: 10.3897/bdj.4.e9559

Contributed Publications

Willmott K, Huertas B (2006, 1 8) MANUAL PARA EL MANEJO DE LA BASE DE DATOS DEL PROYECTO TROPICAL ANDEAN BUTTERFLY DIVERSITY (TABDP).