Debat Vincent, López-Villavicencio Manuela & Llaurens Violaine, June 2025 — Evolutionary convergences and divergences in sympatric species: Morpho butterflies as a case study [Convergences et divergences évolutives chez les espèces sympatriques : le cas des papillons Morpho]. Comptes Rendus. Biologies vol. 348, G1, p. 137-148
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1768-3238
https://dx.doi.org/10.5802/crbiol.178
Ledamoisel Joséphine, Buatois Bruno, Mauxion Rémi, Andraud Christine, Mcclure Melanie, Debat Vincent & Llaurens Violaine, January 2025 — Sending mixed signals: convergent iridescence and divergent chemical signals in sympatric sister-species of Amazonian butterflies.

Closely-related species are often partitioned into different geographic areas or… , , Type: 10.1101/2024.12.12.627956

https://hal.science/hal-04878610
Le Roy Camille, Roux Camille, Authier Elisabeth, Bastide Héloïse, Debat Vincent & Llaurens Violaine, 2025 — Convergent morphology and divergent phenology: unravelling the coexistence of mimetic Morpho butterfly species. , , tex.hal_id: hal-03456634 tex.hal_version: v1
https://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.26.399931
López Villavicencio Manuela, Ledamoisel Joséphine, Poloni Riccardo, Lopez-Roques Céline, Debat Vincent & Llaurens Violaine, 2024 — Increased evolutionary rate in the Z-chromosome of sympatric and allopatric species of Morpho butterflies. Genome Biology and Evolution , , evae227
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1759-6653
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae227
Maisonneuve Ludovic, Elias Marianne, Smadi Charline & Llaurens Violaine, November 2023 — The limits of evolutionary convergence in sympatry: Reproductive interference and historical constraints leading to local diversity in warning traits. AMERICAN NATURALIST vol. 201, , E000–E000 tex.earlyaccessdate: MAY 2023 tex.eissn: 1537-5323 tex.orcid-numbers: Maisonneuve, Ludovic/0000-0002-9556-5973 tex.unique-id: WOS:000954654500001
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0003-0147
https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/723625
Rodríguez de Cara María Ángeles, Jay Paul, Rougemont Quentin, Chouteau Mathieu, Whibley Annabel, Huber Barbara, Piron-Prunier Florence, Ramos Renato Rogner, Freitas André, Salazar Camilo, Silva-Brandão Karina Lucas, Torres Tatiana Teixeira & Joron Mathieu, July 2023 — Balancing selection at a wing pattern locus is associated with major shifts in genome-wide patterns of diversity and gene flow. Selection shapes genetic diversity around target mutations, yet little is known about how selection onspecific loci affects the… Peer Community Journal vol. 3, , e65 ISBN: 2804-3871 Publisher: Peer Community In Type: 10.24072/pcjournal.298
https://hal.science/hal-04305786
Gauthier Jérémy, Meier Joana, Legeai Fabrice, McClure Melanie, Whibley Annabel, Bretaudeau Anthony, Boulain Hélène, Parrinello Hugues, Mugford Sam, Durbin Richard, Zhou Chenxi, McCarthy Shane, Wheat Christopher, Piron-Prunier Florence, Monsempes Christelle et al., 2023 — First chromosome scale genomes of ithomiine butterflies (Nymphalidae: Ithomiini): comparative models for mimicry genetic studies. The ithomiine butterflies (Nymphalidae: Danainae) represent the largest known radiation of Müllerian mimetic butterflies. They… Molecular Ecology Resources , , Accession Number: 36533297 ISBN: 1755-098X Publisher: Wiley/Blackwell Type: 10.1111/1755-0998.13749
https://hal.inria.fr/hal-03926527
Gauthier Jérémy, Meier Joana, Legeai Fabrice, McClure Melanie, Whibley Annabel, Bretaudeau Anthony, Boulain Hélène, Parrinello Hugues, Mugford Sam, Durbin Richard, Zhou Chenxi, McCarthy Shane, Wheat Christopher, Piron-Prunier Florence, Monsempes Christelle et al., 2023 — First chromosome scale genomes of ithomiine butterflies (Nymphalidae: Ithomiini): comparative models for mimicry genetic studies. The ithomiine butterflies (Nymphalidae: Danainae) represent the largest known radiation of Müllerian mimetic butterflies. They… Molecular Ecology Resources vol. 23, n° 4, p. 872-885 tex.earlyaccessdate: JAN 2023 tex.eissn: 1755-0998 tex.orcid-numbers: McClure, Melanie/0000-0003-3590-4002 GAUTHIER, Jeremy/0000-0001-6666-1002 Montagne, Nicolas/0000-0001-8810-3853 Bretaudeau, Anthony/0000-0003-0914-2470 Legeai, Fabrice/0000-0002-6472-48
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1755-098X
https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13749
Bastide Héloïse, López-Villavicencio Manuela, Ogereau David, Lledo Joanna, Dutrillaux Anne-Marie, Debat Vincent & Llaurens Violaine, 2023 — Genome assembly of 3 Amazonian Morpho butterfly species reveals Z-chromosome rearrangements between closely related species living in sympatry. The genomic processes enabling speciation and species coexistence in sympatry are still largely unknown. Here we describe the… GigaScience vol. 12, , ISBN: 2047-217X Type: 10.1093/gigascience/giad033
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2047-217X
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giad033
Chotard Ariane, Llaurens Violaine & Debat Vincent, 2023 — Patterns of morphological variation highlight the effect of natural selection on eyespots modularity in the butterfly Morpho telemachus. Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution vol. 77, n° 2, p. 384-393 Publisher: Wiley tex.hal_id: hal-04003880 tex.hal_version: v1
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpac058
Chotard Ariane, Debat Vincent & Llaurens Violaine, December 2022 — Evolution of tails in Swallowtail butterflies (Papilionidae, Lepidoptera): macro-evolutionary and experimental approaches, Evolution des queues chez les Papillonidae: approche macro-évolutive et expérimentale. The evolution of butterfly wing shape is driven by multiple selective, phylogenetic and developmental influences. In my thesis,… , ,
https://theses.hal.science/tel-04044674
Le Roy Camille, Silva Nicolas, Godoy-Diana Ramiro, Debat Vincent, Llaurens Violaine & Muijres Florian Titus, August 2022 — Divergence of climbing escape flight performance in Morpho butterflies living in different microhabitats. Journal of Experimental Biology vol. 225, n° 15, jeb243867 Publisher: The Company of Biologists tex.hal_id: hal-03819535 tex.hal_version: v1
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0022-0949, 1477-9145
https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243867
Sculfort Ombeline, Maisonneuve Ludovic, Elias Marianne, Aubier Thomas G. & Llaurens Violaine, June 2022 — Uncovering the effects of Müllerian mimicry on the evolution of conspicuousness in colour patterns. Oikos (Copenhagen, Denmark) vol. 2022, n° 6,
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0030-1299, 1600-0706
https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.08680
Chotard Ariane, Ledamoisel Joséphine, Decamps Thierry, Herrel Anthony, Chaine Alexis S., Llaurens Violaine & Debat Vincent, 2022 — Evidence of attack deflection suggests adaptive evolution of wing tails in butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 289, n° 1975, p. 20220562
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0962-8452, 1471-2954
https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0562
Sophie Pinna Charline, Vilbert Maëlle, Borensztajn Stephan, Daney de Marcillac Willy, Piron-Prunier Florence, Pomerantz Aaron, Patel Nipam, Berthier Serge, Andraud Christine, Gomez Doris & Elias Marianne, December 2021 — Mimicry can drive convergence in structural and light transmission features of transparent wings in Lepidoptera. Müllerian mimicry is a positive interspecific interaction, whereby co-occurring defended prey species share a common aposematic… eLife vol. 10, , e69080 Accession Number: 34930525 ISBN: 2050-084X Publisher: eLife Sciences Publication Type: 10.7554/eLife.69080
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2050-084X
https://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.69080
Brassard Colline, Merlin Marilaine, Monchatre-Leroy Elodie, Guintard Claude, Barrat Jacques, Gares Helene, Larralle Arnaud, Triquet Raymond, Houssin Celine, Callou Cecile, Cornette Raphael & Herrel Anthony, 2021 — Masticatory system integration in a commensal canid: interrelationships between bones, muscles and bite force in the red fox. Journal of Experimental Biology vol. 224, n° 5, jeb224394 WOS:000629246600002
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0022-0949
https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.224394
Sculfort Ombeline, McClure Melanie, Nay Bastien, Elias Marianne & Llaurens Violaine, 2021 — Assessing the Role of Developmental and Environmental Factors in Chemical Defence Variation in Heliconiini Butterflies. Abstract Chemical defences in animals are both incredibly widespread and highly diverse. Yet despite the important role they… Journal of Chemical Ecology vol. 47, n° 6, p. 577-587
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0098-0331
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-021-01278-7
Piron-Prunier Florence, Persyn Emma, Legeai Fabrice, McClure Melanie, Meslin Camille, Robin Stephanie, Alves-Carvalho Susete, Mohammad Ammara, Blugeon Corinne, Jacquin-Joly Emmanuelle, Montagne Nicolas, Elias Marianne & Gauthier Jeremy, 2021 — Comparative transcriptome analysis at the onset of speciation in a mimetic butterfly-The Ithomiini Melinaea marsaeus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology vol. 34, n° 11, p. 1704-1721
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1010-061X
https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13940
Nicolas Violaine, Hugot Jean-Pierre & Cornette Raphaël, 2021 — New data on the distribution of the two mole species Talpa aquitania Nicolas, Matinez-Vargas & Hugot, 2017 and T. europaea Linnaeus, 1758 in France based on museum and newly collected specimens. Zoosystema. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle vol. 43, n° 24, p. 585-617
https://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a24
Chazot Nicolas, Blandin Patrick, Debat Vincent, Elias Marianne & Condamine Fabien L., 2021 — Punctuational ecological changes rather than global factors drive species diversification and the evolution of wing phenotypes in Morpho butterflies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology vol. 34, n° 10, p. 1592-1607
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1010-061X
https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13921