Ullasa Kodandaramaiah

This study shows that darker pupal coloration in butterflies increases desiccation tolerance, suggesting pupal color plasticity serves an adaptive role in reducing water loss.

This study investigates whether anti-predatory eyespot size and desiccation tolerance in butterflies are developmentally linked by comparing larvae reared under dry and wet season conditions.

This study investigates how two tropical butterflies use humidity as a cue for seasonal wing pattern plasticity, finding species-specific mechanisms.

The paper shows that humidity, not temperature, regulates eyespot size in butterflies from populations where temperature is unreliable, and finds local adaptation in cue use and life history traits.

The paper investigates the evolution of false head traits in butterflies, finding that these traits evolved together in a correlated manner, likely due to shared selective pressures for predator deflection.

The study examines how larval growth rate influences adult wing shape and eyespot size in Melanitis leda, finding stronger effects on wing shape than eyespot size, with sex-specific patterns.

This study compares phenotypic divergence between two plant species, finding that habitat specialization drives stronger floral trait differentiation in a specialist species than in a generalist.