Journal Article
Basu DNath, Kunte K.
2020. Tools of the trade: MicroCT reveals native structure and functional morphology of organs that drive caterpillar-ant interactions.. Sci Rep. 10(1):10593.
Deshmukh R, Lakhe D, Kunte K.
2020. Tissue-specific developmental regulation and isoform usage underlie the role of in sex differentiation and mimicry in swallowtails.. R Soc Open Sci. 7(9):200792.
Joshi S, Subramanian KA, Babu R, Sawant D, Kunte K.
2020. Three new species of Protosticta Selys, 1885 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from the Western Ghats, India, with taxonomic notes on P. mortoni Fraser, 1922 and rediscovery of P. rufostigma Kimmins, 1958.. Zootaxa. 4858(2):zootaxa.4858.2.1.
Basu DNath, Bhaumik V, Kunte K.
2023. The tempo and mode of character evolution in the assembly of mimetic communities.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 120(1):e2203724120.
Datta-Roy A, Deepak V., Chaitanya R, Murthy C, Bhosale H, Lajmi A, K. Karanth P, Kunte K, Giri V.
2017. On the taxonomic status of Eurylepis poonaensis (Squamata: Scincidae): resolving a long-standing conundrum. SALAMANDRA. 53(3):389-397.
Gaitonde N, Giri VB, Kunte K.
2016. 'On the rocks': reproductive biology of the endemic toad Xanthophryne (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Western Ghats, India . Journal of Natural History. 50(39-40):2557-2572.
Marathe K, Sanborn AF, Kunte K.
2018. 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.. Zootaxa. 4457(3):431-443.
Sondhi S., Karmakar T., Sondhi Y., Jhaveri R., Kunte K.
2016. Re-discovery of Calinaga aborica Tytler, 1915 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Calinaginae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 8:8618–8622.
Wang Z, Da W, Negi CSingh, Ghimire PLal, Wangdi K, Yadav PK, Pubu Z, Lama L, Yarpel K, Maunsell SC et al..
2022. Profiling, monitoring and conserving caterpillar fungus in the Himalayan region using anchored hybrid enrichment markers.. Proc Biol Sci. 289(1973):20212650.
Su S, Lim M, Kunte K.
2015. Prey from the eyes of predators: Color discriminability of aposematic and mimetic butterflies from an avian visual perspective.. Evolution. 69(11):2985-94.
Yang L, Ravikanthachari N, Mariño-Pérez R, Deshmukh R, Wu M, Rosenstein A, Kunte K, Song H, Andolfatto P.
2019. Predictability in the evolution of Orthopteran cardenolide insensitivity.. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 374(1777):20180246.
Hime PM, Lemmon AR, Lemmon ECMoriarty, Prendini E, Brown JM, Thomson RC, Kratovil JD, Noonan BP, R Pyron A, Peloso PLV et al..
2021. Phylogenomics Reveals Ancient Gene Tree Discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life.. Syst Biol. 70(1):49-66.
Maddison WP, Beattie I, Marathe K, Ng PYC, Kanesharatnam N, Benjamin SP, Kunte K.
2020. A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Baviini).. Zookeys. 1004:27-97.
Joshi S, Kosterin OE, Kunte K.
2016. New status for Fraser's forgotten Aciagrion approximans krishna, stat. nov (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) from the Western Ghats of India. International Journal of Odonatology. 19(1-2):41-51.
Karmakar T, Lepcha SWangchuk, Basu DNath, Kunte K.
2021. A new species of Zographetus Watson, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Sikkim, eastern Himalaya, India. ZOOTAXA . 5072(4):373-379.
Sondhi Y, Kitching IJ, Basu DNath, Kunte K.
2017. A new species of Theretra Hubner (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from the southern Western Ghats, India. ZOOTAXA. 4323(2):185-196.
Mirza Z.A, Sanap R.V., Kunte K.
2016. A new species of the genus Thaicharmus Kovařík, 1995 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from northeast India. Euscorpius. 215:1-11.
Kunte K, Sengupta A, Pawar U, Nawge V.
2024. A new species of silverline butterfly, Cigaritis Donzel, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India.. Zootaxa. 5399(1):85-95.
Marathe K, Yeshwanth HM, Basu DN, Kunte K.
2017. A new species of Platypleura Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae) from the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India. Zootaxa. 4311(4):523-536.
Sondhi S, Efetov KA, Tarmann GM, Karmakar T, Pawar U, Kunte K.
2024. A new species of Piarosoma Hampson, 1893 (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Procridinae, Artonini) from Arunachal Pradesh, India.. Zootaxa. 5270(1):139-145.
Sondhi S, Basu DNath, Sondhi Y, Kunte K.
2020. A new species of Metallolophia Warren, 1895 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae), and notes on M. opalina (Warren, 1893), from eastern Himalaya, India. ZOOTAXA. 4838(2):289-297.
Kunte K.
2015. A new species of Hypolycaena (Lepidoptera: Lycenidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 48:21-27.
Kiran C.G, Kalesh S., Kunte K.
2015. A new species of damselfly, Protosticta ponmudiensis (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Ponmudi Hills in the Western Ghats of India. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7(5):7146-7151.
Huang Z-F, Chiba H, Jin J, Kizhakke AG, Wang M, Kunte K, Fan X.
2019. A multilocus phylogenetic framework of the tribe Aeromachini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae), with implications for taxonomy and biogeography. Systematic Entomology.
Hill KBR, Marshall DC, Marathe K, Moulds MS, Lee YJune, Pham T-H, Mohagan AB, Sarkar V, Price BW, Duffels J.P et al..
2021. The molecular systematics and diversification of a taxonomically unstable group of Asian cicada tribes related to Cicadini Latreille, 1802 (Hemiptera : Cicadidae). INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS.
Marshall DC, Moulds M, Hill KBR, Price BW, Wade EJ, Owen CL, Goemans G, Marathe K, Sarkar V, et al..
2018. A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification. ZOOTAXA. 4424(1):1-64.
Hou Y, Cao C, Chiba H, Chang Z, Huang S, Zhu L, Kunte K, Huang Z, Wang M, Fan X.
2023. Molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography, and classification of Pseudocoladenia butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 186:107865.
Kuwalekar M, Deshmukh R, Padvi A, Kunte K.
2020. Molecular Evolution and Developmental Expression of Melanin Pathway Genes in Lepidoptera. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 8
Deshmukh R, Baral S, Gandhimathi A, Kuwalekar M, Kunte K.
2018. Mimicry in butterflies: co-option and a bag of magnificent developmental genetic tricks.. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol. 7(1)
Nazari V, Kunte K, Balint Z.
2023. On the identity of Hesperia parrhasius Fabricius, 1793 and its allied species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). JOURNAL OF ASIA-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGY . 26(4):102165.
Attiwilli S, Karmakar T, Isvaran K, Kunte K.
2021. Habitat preference and functional traits influence responses of tropical butterflies to varied habitat disturbance. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TROPICAL INSECT SCIENCE.
Kawahara AY, Storer C, Carvalho APaula S, Plotkin DM, Condamine FL, Braga MP, Ellis EA, St Laurent RA, Li X, Barve V et al..
2023. A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins.. Nat Ecol Evol.
Marathe K, Maddison WP, Kunte K.
2024. Ghatippuspaschima, a new species and genus of plexippine jumping spider from the Western Ghats of India (Salticidae, Plexippini, Plexippina).. Zookeys. 1191:89-103.
Baral S, Arumugam G, Deshmukh R, Kunte K.
2019. Genetic architecture and sex-specific selection govern modular, male-biased evolution of .. Sci Adv. 5(5):eaau3753.
Jain A., Kunte K, Webb E.L..
2016. Flower specialization of butterflies and impacts of non-native flower use in a transformed tropical landscape. Biological Conservation. 201:84–191.
Bhaumik V., Kunte K.
2018. Female butterflies modulate investment in reproduction and flight in response to monsoon-driven migrations. OIKOS. 127 (2):285-296.
Joshi J, Prakash A, Kunte K.
2017. Evolutionary Assembly of Communities in Butterfly Mimicry Rings.. Am Nat. 189(4):E58-E76.
Kikuchi DW, Allen WL, Arbuckle K, Aubier TG, Briolat ES, Burdfield-Steel ER, Cheney KL, Daňková K, Elias M, Hämäläinen L et al..
2023. The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences.. J Evol Biol.
Naik D, R. Rao SPrasad, Kunte K, Mustak MS.
2022. Ecological monitoring and indicator taxa: butterfly communities in heterogeneous landscapes of the Western Ghats and Malabar coast, India. JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION.
Todisco V, Basu DNath, Prosser SWJ, Russell S, Mutanen M, Zilli A, Huertas B, Kunte K, Vane-Wright R.
2024. DNA barcodes from over-a-century-old type specimens shed light on the taxonomy of a group of rare butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Calinaginae).. PLoS One. 19(7):e0305825.
Phalnikar K, Kunte K, Agashe D.
2019. Disrupting butterfly caterpillar microbiomes does not impact their survival and development.. Proc Biol Sci. 286(1917):20192438.
Bhaumik V, Kunte K.
2020. Dispersal and migration have contrasting effects on butterfly flight morphology and reproduction.. Biol Lett. 16(8):20200393.
Phalnikar K, Kunte K, Agashe D.
2018. Dietary and developmental shifts in butterfly-associated bacterial communities.. R Soc Open Sci. 5(5):171559.
Owen CL, Marshall DC, Wade EJ, Meister R, Goemans G, Kunte K, Moulds M, Hill K, Villet M, Pham T-H et al..
2022. Detecting and removing sample contamination in phylogenomic data: an example and its implications for Cicadidae phylogeny (Insecta: Hemiptera).. Syst Biol.
Sarkar V, Mahapatra C, Mohapatra PP, Nair MV, Kunte K.
2021. 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.. Zootaxa. 4908(1):zootaxa.4908.1.1.
Carvalho APaula S, Owens HL, St Laurent RA, Earl C, Dexter KM, Messcher RL, Willmott KR, Aduse-Poku K, Collins SC, Homziak NT et al..
2024. Comprehensive phylogeny of Pieridae butterflies reveals strong correlation between diversification and temperature.. iScience. 27(4):109336.
Condamine FL, Allio R, Reboud EL, Dupuis JR, Toussaint EFA, Mazet N, Hu S-J, Lewis DS, Kunte K, Cotton AM et al..
2023. A comprehensive phylogeny and revised taxonomy illuminate the origin and diversification of the global radiation of Papilio (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae).. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 183:107758.
Attiwilli S, Ravikanthachari N, Kunte K.
2023. A comparison between time-constrained counts and line transects as methods to estimate butterfly diversity and monitor populations in tropical habitats. INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY.
Toussaint EFA, Morinière J, Müller CJ, Kunte K, Turlin B, Axel Hausmann, Balke M.
2015. Comparative molecular species delimitation in the charismatic Nawab butterflies (Nymphalidae, Charaxinae, Polyura).. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 91:194-209.
Price BWills, Allan ELouise, Marathe K, Sarkar V, Simon C, Kunte K.
2016. The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography.. Biodivers Data J. (4):e8051.
Kunte K, Roy P, Kalesh S., Kodandaramaia U.
2015. Butterflies of India. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. 2(10)
Sondhi S., Kunte K.
2016. Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of the Kameng Protected Area Complex, western Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 8:9053–9124.
Joshi S, Sawant D, Ogale H, Kunte K.
2022. Burmagomphus chaukulensis, a new species of dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae) from the Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. ZOOTAXA . 5133(3):413-430.
Gautam S, Kunte K.
2020. Adaptive plasticity in wing melanisation of a montane butterfly across a Himalayan elevational gradient. ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY.
Arnold ML, Kunte K.
2017. Adaptive Genetic Exchange: A Tangled History of Admixture and Evolutionary Innovation.. Trends Ecol Evol.
Book Chapter
Kunte K, Kizhakke AGirish, Nawge V, Futuyma DJ.
2021. Evolution of Mimicry Rings as a Window into Community Dynamics. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS . 52:315-341.