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Insect Migration and Phylodiversity Lab
@phylomigrationlab.bsky.social
Research group studying ecology and evolution of butterflies and migratory insects www.phylomigrationlab.com
@ibb-botanic.bsky.social
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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
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May 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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....
May 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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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...
February 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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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...
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
doi.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Super stoked to share our latest research on the migratory patterns of painted lady butterflies across the Sahara! 🦋🏜️

www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Trans-Saharan migratory patterns in Vanessa cardui and evidence for a southward leapfrog migration
Chemistry; Nature conservation; Ecology; Entomology
www.cell.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM