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Mattia Menchetti @mattiamenchetti.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The DNA barcode reference library for European ants is out! 🐜🧬 doi.org/10.1111/1755... Checklist of 650 species, ~78% covered 🧬, +6,500 COI 🧬, plus species genetic maps & trees, see Supp. Inf. "Atlas" tinyurl.com/antdnaeuatlas A framework for species discovery, biosurveillance, and phylogeography!

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Insect Migration and Phylodiversity Lab @phylomigrationlab.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

New paper! A sharp genetic split across the African equator in migratory Belenois butterflies 🦋. B. aurota is restricted to the Northern Hemisphere, while B. syrinx is reinstated for the Southern African hemisphere. Both species are cryptic!

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Valéria Marques @anguisvaleris.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Do you prefer the mountain 🏔️ or the beach 🏖️? The Mazarine blue chose both. Genomics uncover hidden diversity and lead to the description of two new subspecies from isolated montane and coastal populations in Iberia. New #butterfly #openaccess paper in #SystematicEntomology at doi.org/10.1111/syen...

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt The evolutionary retreats of #Cyaniris semiargus — beach or mountain? Contrasting paths across #EcologicalGradients doi.org/10.1111/syen.70034 #ddRADseq #Lepidoptera #GeneticDiversity #Biodiversity #EcologicalSpeciation

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Molecular Ecology @molecology.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Out in MEC! New study led by @dariashipilina.bsky.social links resource limitation as a driver of migration in the painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui). The authors show how resource cues reshape gene expression across development. Read more: buff.ly/dogof9L 📷: Daria Shipilina 1/2

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Insect Migration and Phylodiversity Lab @phylomigrationlab.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

A migratory divide in insects! 🦋 Vanessa cardui butterflies migrate in opposite directions in the Northern and Southern hemispheres 🌍, a pattern driven by a chromosomal inversion 🧬 Paper @natcomms.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s414... #butterflymigration #insectmigration #migratorydivide #evolution

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Aleix Palahí i Torres (he/they) @aleixpalahi.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

1/6) New paper out in Molecular Ecology! We uncover the intriguing biogeographic history behind the Holarctic disjunct distributions in Vanessa butterflies. @phylomigrationlab.bsky.social #biogeography #insectmigration #butterflymigration #butterflies #evolution shorturl.at/UFrrU

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Insect Migration and Phylodiversity Lab @phylomigrationlab.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

New paper! We uncover the intriguing biogeographic history behind the Holarctic disjunct distributions in Vanessa butterflies. #butterflymigration #biogeography #evolution #PhyloMigrationLab @aleixpalahi.bsky.social @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @csic.es onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Butterfly Diversity & Evolution Lab @rogervilalab.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

It’s not the head, it’s the butt! Meet a completely unknown organism: a blow fly (Calliphoridae) that evolved social integration in termite nests using a false termite head in the posterior part of the body. @CurrentBiology www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Megan S. Reich @megansreich.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Check out our new paper, "Isotope geolocation and population genomics in Vanessa cardui: Short- and long-distance migrants are genetically undifferentiated," out in PNAS Nexus! doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

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Isotope geolocation and population genomics in Vanessa cardui: Short- and long-distance migrants are genetically undifferentiated

Abstract. The painted lady butterfly Vanessa cardui is renowned for its virtually cosmopolitan distribution and the remarkable long-distance migrations as

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Megan S. Reich @megansreich.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Super stoked to share our latest research on the migratory patterns of painted lady butterflies across the Sahara! 🦋🏜️ www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

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Trans-Saharan migratory patterns in Vanessa cardui and evidence for a southward leapfrog migration

Chemistry; Nature conservation; Ecology; Entomology

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