A. D. Briscoe

Mimetic butterfly wings through mimetic butterfly eyes

The paper tests if brightness vision, not color vision, helps Adelpha fessonia butterflies identify mates when their wing coloration is indistinguishable to birds.

Multiple mechanisms of photoreceptor spectral tuning following loss of UV color vision in Heliconius butterflies

The paper examines how the loss of the UV2 photoreceptor in Heliconius butterflies has led to multiple spectral tuning mechanisms in their visual systems.

True UV color vision in a butterfly with two UV opsins

This study shows that female Heliconius erato butterflies can discriminate UV wavelengths, while males and other species cannot, supporting the role of duplicated UV opsins in UV color vision.

Evolution of Phototransduction Genes in Lepidoptera

This study compares phototransduction genes between Drosophila melanogaster and Lepidoptera, finding conserved genes and expression differences linked to visual environments.

Drift and directional selection are the evolutionary forces driving gene expression divergence in eye and brain tissue of Heliconius butterflies

This study identifies evolutionary forces driving gene expression divergence in Heliconius butterfly eye and brain tissue, finding genetic drift as dominant with directional selection also playing a role.

Ultraviolet and yellow reflectance but not fluorescence is important for visual discrimination of conspecifics by Heliconius erato

The paper shows that UV and yellow reflectance, but not fluorescence, are important for Heliconius erato mate choice, with fluorescence not contributing under broad-spectrum light.