Hypolimnas misippus is a Batesian mimic of the toxic African Queen butterfly (Danaus
chrysippus). Female H. misippus butterflies use two major wing patterning loci (M and A) to …

The Ornate Moth, Utetheisa ornatrix, has served as a model species in chemical ecology
studies for decades. Like in the widely publicized stories of the Monarch and other milkweed …

Many insects, including several orthopterans, undergo dramatic changes in body coloration
during ontogeny. This variation is particularly intriguing in gomphocerine grasshoppers …

The persistence of intrapopulation phenotypic variation typically requires some form of
balancing selection because drift and directional selection eventually erode genetic …

For animals that synthesise their chemical compounds de novo, resources, particularly
proteins, can influence investment in chemical defences and nitrogen-based wing …

Colour polymorphisms have long served as model systems in evolutionary studies and
continue to inform about processes involved in the origin and dynamics of biodiversity …

Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) have a heterogametic sex chromosome system with
females carrying ZW chromosomes and males ZZ. The lack of W chromosomes in early …

Understanding the maintenance of genetic variation in reproductive strategies and
polymorphisms in the wild requires a comprehensive examination of the complex …

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The insect cuticle plays a key role in maintaining the insect's physiological function and
behavior. Herein, the yellow‐y protein is required to produce black melanin, and is …