O. Brattstrom

Seasonal environments drive convergent evolution of a faster pace-of-life in tropical butterflies

This study shows that seasonal environments drive convergent evolution of a faster pace-of-life in tropical butterflies across different regions.

A release from developmental bias accelerates morphological diversification in butterfly eyespots

This study shows that developmental bias limits eyespot color diversification in butterflies, but the genus Heteropsis has evolved to overcome this bias, enabling rapid morphological change.

To mate, or not to mate: The evolution of reproductive diapause facilitates insect radiation into African savannahs in the Late Miocene

The paper shows that reproductive diapause in Bicyclus butterflies enabled their adaptation to savannah environments during the Late Miocene.