Le Roy, C., Bharathi, I., Engels, T., & Muijres, F. (2026).
Dipteran flight diversity is shaped by aerodynamic constraints, scaling, and evolutionary trade-offs. PLOS Biology, 24(7).
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003473
Lu, T., Chen, Q., Fang, Y., Le Roy, C., Jin, X., & Deng Z. (2026).
Data-Driven Control of Insect Flapping Flight Via Deep Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.
10.1109/TVCG.2026.3677790
Le Roy, C., Tervelde, N., Engels, T., & Muijres, F. (2025).
Adaptations in wing morphology rather than wingbeat kinematics enable flight in small hoverfly species. eLife, (13).
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.97839.4
Kleckova, I., Linke, D., Rezende, F., Rauscher, L.,Le Roy, C., & Matos, P. (2024).
Flight behaviour diverges more between seasonal forms than between species in Pieris butterflies. Ecology and Evolution, 14(7), e70012.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70012
Le Roy, C., Silva, N., Debat, V., Llaurens, V., Godoy-Diana, R., & Muijres, F. (2022).
Divergence of evasive climbing flight performance in Morpho butterflies living in different microhabitats. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(15).
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243867
Le Roy, C., Amadori, D., Charberet, S., Windt, J., Muijres, F., Llaurens, V., & Debat, V. (2021).
Adaptive evolution of flight in Morpho butterflies. Science, 374(6571), 1158–1162.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abh2620
Le Roy, C., Authier, E., Roux, C., Bastide, H., Debat, V., & Llaurens, V. (2021).
Convergent morphology and divergent phenology promote the coexistence of Morpho butterfly species. Nature Communications, 12(1), 1–9.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27549-1
Le Roy, C., Cornette, R., Llaurens, V., & Debat, V. (2019).
Effects of natural wing damage on flight performance in Morpho butterflies: what can it tell us about wing shape evolution? Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(16).
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.204057
Le Roy, C., Debat, V., & Llaurens, V. (2019).
Adaptive evolution of butterfly wing shape: from morphology to behaviour. Biological Reviews, 94(4), 1261–1281.
https://doi.org/10.1126/brv.12500
