List of works - Krushnamegh Kunte

A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins ⬇️

scientific article published in 2023

A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification

scientific article

A new genus and new species of diplurid spider (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) from northeast India

scientific article

A new species of Metallolophia Warren, 1895 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae), and notes on M. opalina (Warren, 1893), from eastern Himalaya, India

scientific article published on 26 August 2020

A new species of Platypleura Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae) from the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India

scientific article published on 25 August 2017

A new species of Zographetus Watson, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Sikkim, eastern Himalaya, India ⬇️

scientific article published in December 2021

A new species of silverline butterfly, Cigaritis Donzel, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India

scientific article published in 2024

A new subspecies of Caltoris Swinhoe, 1893 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) from the Malabar Coast, Kerala, India

scientific article published in 2023

Adaptive Genetic Exchange: A Tangled History of Admixture and Evolutionary Innovation

scientific article published on 20 June 2017

Alleviating Poverty in India: Biodiversity's Role

scientific article published in Science

Burmagomphus chaukulensis, a new species of dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae) from the Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India ⬇️

scientific article published on 5 May 2022

Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of the Kameng Protected Area Complex, western Arunachal Pradesh, India ⬇️

scientific article published in 2016

Current distribution of Nilgiri grass yellow Eurema nilgiriensis Yata (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), with an updated taxonomic key to Eurema of Western Ghats, India ⬇️

article by P C Sujitha et al published 7 April 2019 in Entomon

Description of Protosticta khasia sp. nov. and Yunnanosticta siangi sp. nov., with new records of P. samtsensis Gurung & Phan, 2023 from Northeast India (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae)

scientific article published in 2024

Description of three new species of the genus Mata Distant, 1906 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Oncotympanini) with notes on their natural history from Indian state of Meghalaya, India

scientific article

Dietary and developmental shifts in butterfly-associated bacterial communities.

scientific article

Disrupting butterfly caterpillar microbiomes does not impact their survival and development

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Early stages and larval host plants of some northeastern Indian butterflies ⬇️

scientific article published in 2018

First record of Ourapteryx dierli Inoue, 1994 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from India ⬇️

scientific article published in 2020

Genetic architecture and sex-specific selection govern modular, male-biased evolution of

article

Ghatippus paschima, a new species and genus of plexippine jumping spider from the Western Ghats of India (Salticidae, Plexippini, Plexippina)

scientific article published in 2024

Mimicry in butterflies: co-option and a bag of magnificent developmental genetic tricks.

scientific article published on 14 September 2017

Moth diversity (Lepidoptera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India: an update ⬇️

Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records ⬇️

Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) ⬇️

Nectarless flowers: ecological correlates and evolutionary stability.

scientific article published on 28 June 2003

New records of Lestes nigriceps Fraser, 1924 (Odonata: Lestidae) from Maharashtra, India, with notes on L. patricia Fraser, 1924 and an updated key to Lestes of the Western Ghats, India

Predictability in the evolution of Orthopteran cardenolide insensitivity

scientific article published on 03 June 2019

Profiling, monitoring and conserving caterpillar fungus in the Himalayan region using anchored hybrid enrichment markers

scientific article published on 27 April 2022

Re-discovery of Calinaga aborica Tytler, 1915 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Calinaginae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India ⬇️

scientific article published in 2016

Revision of the genus Rustia Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae) including a generic synonymy, four new combinations, and two new species from the Western Ghats, India

article by Kiran Marathe et al published 9 August 2018 in Zootaxa

Sex Chromosome Mosaicism and Hybrid Speciation among Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies ⬇️

scientific article published on September 8, 2011

The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography

scientific article

The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences

The genus Tarucus Moore, [1881] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in the Indian Subcontinent ⬇️

The molecular systematics and diversification of a taxonomically unstable group of Asian cicada tribes related to Cicadini Latreille, 1802 (Hemiptera : Cicadidae)

scholarly article published in 2021

Tissue-specific developmental regulation and isoform usage underlie the role of doublesex in sex differentiation and mimicry in Papilio swallowtails

scientific article published on 30 September 2020

doublesex is a mimicry supergene

scientific article published on 5 March 2014

List of works by Krushnamegh Kunte

A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins ⬇️

A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification

A new genus and new species of diplurid spider (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) from northeast India

A new species of Metallolophia Warren, 1895 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae), and notes on M. opalina (Warren, 1893), from eastern Himalaya, India

A new species of Platypleura Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae) from the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India

A new species of Zographetus Watson, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Sikkim, eastern Himalaya, India ⬇️

A new species of silverline butterfly, Cigaritis Donzel, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India

A new subspecies of Caltoris Swinhoe, 1893 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) from the Malabar Coast, Kerala, India

Adaptive Genetic Exchange: A Tangled History of Admixture and Evolutionary Innovation

Alleviating Poverty in India: Biodiversity's Role

Burmagomphus chaukulensis, a new species of dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae) from the Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India ⬇️

Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of the Kameng Protected Area Complex, western Arunachal Pradesh, India ⬇️

Current distribution of Nilgiri grass yellow Eurema nilgiriensis Yata (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), with an updated taxonomic key to Eurema of Western Ghats, India ⬇️

Description of Protosticta khasia sp. nov. and Yunnanosticta siangi sp. nov., with new records of P. samtsensis Gurung &amp; Phan, 2023 from Northeast India (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae)

Description of three new species of the genus Mata Distant, 1906 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Oncotympanini) with notes on their natural history from Indian state of Meghalaya, India

Dietary and developmental shifts in butterfly-associated bacterial communities.

Disrupting butterfly caterpillar microbiomes does not impact their survival and development

Early stages and larval host plants of some northeastern Indian butterflies ⬇️

First record of Ourapteryx dierli Inoue, 1994 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from India ⬇️

Genetic architecture and sex-specific selection govern modular, male-biased evolution of

Ghatippus paschima, a new species and genus of plexippine jumping spider from the Western Ghats of India (Salticidae, Plexippini, Plexippina)

Mimicry in butterflies: co-option and a bag of magnificent developmental genetic tricks.

Moth diversity (Lepidoptera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India: an update ⬇️

Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records ⬇️

Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) ⬇️

Nectarless flowers: ecological correlates and evolutionary stability.

New records of Lestes nigriceps Fraser, 1924 (Odonata: Lestidae) from Maharashtra, India, with notes on L. patricia Fraser, 1924 and an updated key to Lestes of the Western Ghats, India

Predictability in the evolution of Orthopteran cardenolide insensitivity

Profiling, monitoring and conserving caterpillar fungus in the Himalayan region using anchored hybrid enrichment markers

Re-discovery of Calinaga aborica Tytler, 1915 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Calinaginae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India ⬇️

Revision of the genus Rustia Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae) including a generic synonymy, four new combinations, and two new species from the Western Ghats, India

Sex Chromosome Mosaicism and Hybrid Speciation among Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies ⬇️

The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography

The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences

The genus Tarucus Moore, [1881] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in the Indian Subcontinent ⬇️

The molecular systematics and diversification of a taxonomically unstable group of Asian cicada tribes related to Cicadini Latreille, 1802 (Hemiptera : Cicadidae)

Tissue-specific developmental regulation and isoform usage underlie the role of doublesex in sex differentiation and mimicry in Papilio swallowtails

doublesex is a mimicry supergene

Description of Protosticta khasia sp. nov. and Yunnanosticta siangi sp. nov., with new records of P. samtsensis Gurung & Phan, 2023 from Northeast India (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae)