Butterfly Diversity & Evolution Lab
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution LabA 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
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution LabEl projecte Psyche situa les papallones a l’avantguarda de la genòmica de la biodiversitat 🦋 📕L’ #IBE_Barcelona participa en el projecte Psyche, la primera iniciativa transnacional destinada a generar i estudiar genomes de referència d’un ordre animal complet.🧵 👉shorturl.at/9ofIE
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution LabThe DNA of butterflies & moths is supporting conservation, shedding light on evolution, and could find new ways to stop pests 🦋 1,000 genomes have been released, and @projectpsyche.bsky.social aims to continue until all 11,665 European species have been sequenced🧬 www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/10...
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution Lab(1/5)Thrilled to announce our paper on #ProjectPsyche is out! 🦋We describe how we’ve generated 1000+ high-quality genomes for European Lepidoptera, providing an unprecedented resource for biodiversity, conservation, and evolutionary research. #Genomics #Biodiversity www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution LabOne of the most exciting projects I have ever been involved in: Project Psyche! Read all about our ambitions and aims. It's ground breaking stuff, just mind blowing and even surreal (27 years ago we did single genes for lep phylogenetics)! @projectpsyche.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution Lab🐜 The red fire ant is now established in Europe and could reach the UK This insightful @cnn.com interactive draws on research led by #RogerVila in #Sicily, tracing the origins, expansion, and potential impact of this invasive species.🌍 👉shorturl.at/XM1Ft
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution Lab📣 Mattia Menchetti’s PhD thesis at #IBE_Barcelona — “Exploring the genetic diversity of European ants and butterflies” 🐜🦋 — has received both the Extraordinary Doctoral Award from #UPFBarcelona and the III Premio Tesis Doctoral Relevante from @csic.es . 🏆 👉shorturl.at/hbOjE
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution LabVery cool paper from @rogervilalab.bsky.social on the Canary islands Hipparchia butterflies just came out! Each island has its own species, seems like no gene flow between the islands! academic.oup.com/isd/article/...
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution LabHospodářská, @petrnguyen.bsky.social et al. investigated genome size and karyotype in Polyommatus and Lysandra butterflies, rejecting polyploidy to confirm karyotypic diversification via chromosome fragmentation in Polyommatinae butterflies. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf157 #genome #evolution
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution LabTo celebrate the genomes for 1,000 (!) species of Lepidoptera in Europe, Project Psyche has released a preprint outlining our ambitions to jointly sequence & leverage genomes of all 11,000 species in Europe to propel science, conservation & society. This was a joy to write together as a community!
- (6/6)📄 In our new whitepaper (EcoEvoRxiv) we discuss our aims to coordinate this collaborative analysis of Lepidoptera genomes, turning data into impact for science, conservation and society. Now available at 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... #ProjectPsyche #Genomics
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution Lab(1/6) 🦋 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 1,000th reference genome of Lepidoptera species found in Europe! This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth. Read the story below!👇🏽
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution LabHow many chromosomes can an animal have? In our paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social we show that the Atlas blue butterfly has 229 chromosome pairs- the highest in diploid Metazoa! These arose by rapid autosome fragmentation while sex chromosomes stayed intact. www.cell.com/current-biol...
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution LabThe Atlas blue butterfly evolved 229 chromosome pairs — the most of any animal — over 3 million years, enabling new research 🦋 sanger.ac.uk/news_item/the-tale-… @rogervilalab.bsky.social @charlottewright.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution LabLa historia del animal con más cromosomas 🧬🦋 📕 Un equipo del @sangerinstitute.bsky.social y del @ibe-barcelona.bsky.socialha confirmado genéticamente que la mariposa Niña del Atlas posee el mayor número de cromosomas de todos los animales multicelulares del mundo. 👉 shorturl.at/MQVOc
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution LabNew #OpenAccess research by @rogervilalab.bsky.social in #RESSystematicEnt Genomic analysis of #Plebejus Kluk (#Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae) clarifies #taxonomy within Europe doi.org/10.1111/syen.70001 #Genomics #ddRAD @gkergoat.bsky.social @wiley.com Photos: Plebejus spp. (credit: Vlad Dincă)
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution LabAnother paper on polyommatine blue butterflies just published in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social. Blues have high chromosome numbers associated with increased diversification and their karyotypes reveal strategies to maintain genomic integrity amidst profound karyotypic changes doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution LabDesde ZERYNTHIA, mediante un proyecto financiado con fondos europeos del MITECO identificamos una nueva subpoblación en Orce. Contamos con la colaboración del IBE - CSIC. 🎥 acortar.link/nBRrKw 📺 Fragmento del programa ConCiencia - Canal Sur 08/06/25. acortar.link/0kliQp @rogervilalab.bsky.social
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution Lab🦋 La #Mariposa Euchloe bazae, una joya de muestra fauna, protagonista en Canal Sur. En ZERYNTHIA llevamos años trabajando por la conservación de Euchloe bazae, la azufrada ibérica, una de las mariposas más amenazadas de Europa.
- Being invited to the opening of the photo exhibition Constant Bloom in Fotomuseum Den Haag was a privilege. The author, Lucas Foglia, followed the migration of Vanessa cardui across 17 countries to show how this butterfly connects societies, an art project that won the 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship.
- I shared this experience with friends Gerard Talavera and Aurora García-Berro @phylomigrationlab.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @csic.es @guggfellows.bsky.social www.fotomuseumdenhaag.nl/en/exhibitio...
- We never imagined our scientific articles would be displayed in an art museum! Thanks so much, Lucas, for the joint experiences in Kenya, following the migrating butterflies, and in The Hague, admiring the outcome of your work!
- Constant Bloom, bridging science and art, nature and human societies, is being displayed in New York and Taiwan, and is scheduled in other top art museums. www.lucasfoglia.com/constant-blo... Check also the beautiful book www.setantabooks.com/products/con...
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- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution Lab1/6) 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
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution Lab📣 AGCTually Annotating Genomes The #IBE Biodiversity Program launches the Workshop on Genome Annotation, bringing together researchers, technicians, and master’s & PhD students.🧬🧩 👉ibe.upf-csic.es/home/-/asset_publis…
- Reposted by Butterfly Diversity & Evolution LabDay 2 of the #ProjectPsyche Spring Meeting is complete! Participants made great progress with productive discussions on key tasks and role assignments. Stay tuned for what’s next! 🦋🧬
- 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...
- The false eyes are the spiracles through which it breathes. The body is surrounded by “tentacles” that imitate the termite antennas, so that it can communicate with multiple termites simultaneously.
- The disguise is completed by chemical mimicry: the surface chemical hydrocarbons are identical to those of the termites. See the discovery and analyses published in @CurrentBiology Blow fly larvae socially integrate termite nests through morphological and chemical mimicry
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