I am very happy and proud that one of my PhD chapter is now published in @Systematic_Ent ! 🥳 I was honored to conduct the revision of these lesser-known swallowtail butterflies with whole-genome data at @isem @cnrs as part of the @ERC_Research GAIA project! 🦋

See our newest publication on clarifying the #phylogeny and #systematics of the recalcitrant tribe Leptocircini (#Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) with whole-genome data https://t.co/QBBVNuGPgM @RoyEntSoc @WileyEcolEvol

Had a lot of fun presenting my PhD work on Leptocircini phylogenomics in Prague! 🤩🦋 Thank you #BoB2023 for the opportunity

Genomics, Population Divergence, and Historical Demography of the World's Largest and Endangered #Butterfly, The Queen Alexandra's Birdwing https://t.co/z01bvnDlym #science #evolution #biology #genome

@isemevol @nanopore @illumina Finally, it was a really cool paper to work on and write! And it has been showcased in the Nature Research Highlights section 😊 https://t.co/TxESTQnSM3 7/7

@isemevol @nanopore @illumina MSMC2 analyses show a slowly steadily declining trend, and we could see the separation into 2 pop! It probably happened after the last glaciation. Yet demographic (DILS) analyses infer some possible geneflow between the 2 pop, suggesting they do not deserve a species status. 6/7

@isemevol @nanopore @illumina But we first wanted to make sure that MSMC2 was performing ok in the range of parameter of this low mutation rate insect, as it could have a huge impact in SMC analyses! Simulations show that giving a good prior was helping the to MSMC model to recover the correct trend. 5/7

@isemevol @nanopore @illumina Is this low genomic diversity a consequence of a declining trend of the species? We had to look at the demography of the population, for example with SMC methods. 4/7

@isemevol We collected and sequenced in @nanopore long-reads + @illumina short-reads (polishing) 4 individuals, and looked at mito and nuclear diversity. It is very low! But O.alexandrae seems not to be an exception as some related species were also low in diversity (Troidini). 3/7

@isemevol This huge butterfly has a restrained distribution in PNG and is separated in 2 populations. Are these populations divergent and/or belonging to the same species? This question could have an impact on its conservation… 2/7

My first PhD paper is out in @GenBioEvol!🤩Talking about the charismatic Ornithoptera alexandrae, world’s largest butterfly and Endangered in the IUCN RedList. Huge thanks to my co-authors at @isemevol and Darren Bito in PNG! https://t.co/4Vd1W2OJ77 1/7

Finally out! 🦋🦋🦋 In this study led by Fabien Condamine, we did a comprehensive review of the taxonomy of the genus Papilio (Papilionidae), resulting in 235 species distributed all over the world! ☑️Read more about their origin and diversification here: https://t.co/E1wPU0fWgq

Out now in @systbiol - we discuss the implications of identifiability issues described in Louca & @mwpen 2020. We digest their study and give our view on what it means for models of species diversification and the field moving forward https://t.co/2fqovooCyO Thread 1/8

🐛Want to follow the fantastic journeys of super cool #Neotropical macro-moths and their fancy caterpillars through Amazonia and the Andes?🌎 My #Evol2021 talk will be during the 1st #Biogeography session of tomorrow Jun 23! Please come😀

Interested in 🦋 around the 🌎- a new species found in Fiji, the largest swallowtail in the Americas? @SBBT_Papilio are hosting an incredible conference with world specialists on 12 June ➡️ https://t.co/sxUsgiiCAE 📷 Greg Kerr, Charles Harbottle, Caribbean Wildlife Publications

Some of them obviously succeed ;)

'There's a female in there, isn't there?' Males of Osmia cornuta trying to be the chosen one 😁 #Osmia #wildbees

Interested in pollinators other than bees? Want to know how to sample for them? Or why citizen science databases are important and why we should add to them? Well check out this new paper I wrote with @ElietteReboud https://t.co/fpBfWO0QKb @Aust_Ent_Soc #ozpollinators

Such a wonderful and diverse show of flower visitors! #xylocopa #bombus #argynnis #megachile #halictus #cetonia... 2/2

Want to see plenty of amazing flower visitors on a psychedelic anemone-like flower? 😊 Well, just let an artichoke bloom in your garden! #Frenchpollinators #Burgundy #nativebees 1/2