N. Chazot

Bending the course of evolution: how mutualistic interactions affect macroevolutionary dynamics of diversification in mimetic butterflies.

This study examines how mutualistic Mullerian mimicry influences macroevolutionary diversification patterns in Ithomiini butterflies, finding that color pattern age drives species richness but not phylogenetic diversity.

Large-scale assessment of habitat quality and quantity change on declining European butterflies

This study assesses habitat quality and quantity changes in European butterflies and finds habitat quality, not area, is the main driver of biodiversity decline.

Functional and historical drivers of leaf shape evolution in Palms (Arecaceae)

This study investigates the evolutionary drivers of leaf shape in palms, finding associations between plant height, precipitation, and leaf morphology, while temperature had less impact.

Fruit colour and range size interact to influence diversification

The paper examines how fruit color and range size interact to influence diversification rates in palms, finding that intermediate range sizes correlate with higher diversification and that disperser type affects this relationship.

Punctual ecological changes rather than global factors drive species diversification and the evolution of wing phenotypes in Morpho butterflies.

The latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae): conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories.

This study evaluates hypotheses for the latitudinal diversity gradient in Nymphalidae butterflies, finding that low extinction rates and historical dispersal patterns, rather than speciation rates, explain diversity patterns.

A complete time-calibrated multi-gene phylogeny of the European butterflies

This paper constructs a time-calibrated multi-gene phylogeny of all 496 European butterfly species using Bayesian inference.

The Trials and Tribulations of Priors and Posteriors in Bayesian Timing of Divergence Analyses: the Age of Butterflies Revisited

The paper evaluates the impact of priors on divergence timing estimates in butterflies using a large phylogeny and fossil calibrations, finding robust results for the origin of butterflies.

Renewed diversification following Miocene landscape turnover in a Neotropical butterfly radiation

This study investigates how Miocene landscape changes influenced diversification in Neotropical Ithomiini butterflies, finding that ecological turnovers drove speciation and extinction dynamics.

North Andean origin and diversification of the largest ithomiine butterfly genus

This study uses molecular and morphological data to reconstruct the phylogeny of the butterfly genus Pteronymia, showing its origin in the Northern Andes and diversification patterns.