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Our lab grew from an intense fascination of natural history. We have since expanded into other areas of biology such as evolutionary biology, ecology, and genetics. However, we remain deeply committed to the entire spectrum of biological sciences, from natural history and taxonomy to molecular genetics, as reflected in the publications listed below. The accompanying research page gives further details. We strive to collaborate extensively with other naturalists/biologists who work in India, so please contact us if any of the publications below interest you.
See BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS, WEBSITES, BOOK REVIEWS, NEWS AND VIEWS/COMMENTARY, and MANUALS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS listed separately below.
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, GENETICS, AND ECOLOGY:
Deshmukh, R., S. Baral, M. Kuwalekar, A. G. Kizhakke, and K. Kunte. 2024. Reproductive barriers and genomic hotspots of adaptation during allopatric species divergence. In review.
Attiwilli, S., N. Ravikanthachari, and K. Kunte. 2024. 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, 17:88–101.
Carvalho, A. P. S., H. L. Owens, R. A. St Laurent, ..., A. G. Kizhakke, K. Kunte, ..., N. E. Pierce, A. Y. Kawahara, and D. J. Lohman. 2024. Comprehensive phylogeny of Pieridae butterflies reveals strong correlation between diversification and temperature. iScience, 27:109336.
SYSTEMATICS, TAXONOMY, AND NATURAL HISTORY:
Kunte, K., A. Sengupta, U. Pawar, and V. Nawge. 2024. A new species of silverline butterfly, Cigaritis Donzel, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India. Zootaxa, 5399:85–95.
Marathe, K., W. P. Maddison, and K. Kunte. 2024. Ghatippus paschima, a new species and genus of plexippine jumping spider from the Western Ghats of India (Salticidae, Plexippini, Plexippina). ZooKeys, 1191:89–103.
Sondhi, S., R. P. Singh, U. Pawar, and K. Kunte. 2024. Additions to the moth (Lepidoptera) fauna of India from the eastern Himalaya and northeastern region. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 34:47-59.
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, GENETICS, AND ECOLOGY:
Basu, D. N., V. Bhaumik, and K. Kunte. 2023. The tempo and mode of character evolution in the assembly of mimetic communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 120:e2203724120. Featured on the journal cover, in a PNAS Commetary, 'Butterfly mimicry rings run in circles', and in news articles on NCBS News (The Art of Subterfuge), Deccan Herald, and The Hindu.
Condamine, F. L., R. Allio, E. L. Reboud, J. R. Dupuis, E. F. A. Toussaint, N. Mazet, S.-J. Hue, D. S. Lewis, K. Kunte, A. M. Cotton, and F. A. H. Sperling. 2023. A comprehensive phylogeny and revised taxonomy illuminate the origin and diversification of the global radiation of Papilio (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 183:107758. PDF file (9 MB).
Kawahara, A. Y., C. Storer, A. P. S. Carvalho, ... K. Kunte ..., N. E. Pierce, and D. J. Lohman. 2023. A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts, and biogeographic origins. Nature Ecology and Evolution, s41559-023-02041-9. PDF file (5.5 MB). Featured in a news article in The Hindu.
Kikuchi, D. W., W. L. Allen, ..., K. Kunte, ..., and A. Exnerová. 2023. The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 00:1–17.
Warrit, N., J. Ascher, ... , K. Kunte, ... , M. Orr. 2023. Opportunities and challenges in Asian bee research and conservation. Biological Conservation, published online early.
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND POLICY:
Wa, D., S. Rana, K. Bawa, K. Kunte, and Z. Wang. 2023. Roof of the world: home and border in the genomic era. Molecular Ecology Resources, 00:1–7.
SYSTEMATICS, TAXONOMY, AND NATURAL HISTORY:
Hou, Y., C. Cao, H. Chiba, Z. Chang, S. Huang, L. Zhu, K. Kunte, H. Zhenfu, M. Wang, and X. Fan. 2023. Molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography, and classification of Pseudocoladenia butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 186:107865.
Sondhi, S., K. A. Efetov, G. M. Tarmann, T. Karmakar, U. Pawar, and K. Kunte. 2023. A new species of Piarosoma Hampson, 1893 (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Procridinae, Artonini) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa, 5270:139–145.
Nazari, V., K. Kunte, and Z. Bálint. 2023. On the identity of Hesperia parrhasius Fabricius, 1793 and its allied species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 26:102165. PDF file (8 MB, colour plates of types).
Joshi, S., D. Sawant, A. Dalvi, Y. Koli, M. Haneef, R. Sanap, and K. Kunte. 2023. 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. International Journal of Odonatology, 26:132–144.
Sadasivan, K., D. N. Basu, and K. Kunte. 2023. A new subspecies of Caltoris Swinhoe, 1893 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) from the Malabar Coast, Kerala, India. Entomon, 48:1-10. PDF file (3.2 MB).
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, GENETICS, AND ECOLOGY:
Basu, D. N., V. Bhaumik, and K. Kunte. 2022. multEvol: An interactive pipeline for multitrait evolutionary analysis in a phylogenetic framework. Preprint on bioRxiv. DOI: .
Deshmukh, R., S. Baral, M. Kuwalekar, A. G. Kizhakke, and K. Kunte. 2022. Reproductive barriers and genomic hotspots of adaptation during allopatric species divergence. Preprint on bioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.11.483945.
Kizhakke, A. G., and K. Kunte. 2022. Mimicry promotes morphological diversification but not speciation in mimetic swallowtail butterflies. Preprint on bioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.05.515277.
Kuwalekar, M., R. Deshmukh, S. Baral, A. Padvi, and K. Kunte. 2022. Duplication and sub-functionalisation characterise diversification of opsin genes in the Lepidoptera. Preprint on bioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.31.514481.
Naik, D., R. S. P. Rao, K. Kunte, and M. S. Mustak. 2022. Seasonal dynamics and polyphenism of butterfly communities in the coastal plains of central Western Ghats, India. Journal of Biosciences, 47:79.
Naik, D., R. S. P. Rao, K. Kunte, M. S. Mustak. 2022. Ecological monitoring and indicator taxa: Butterfly communities in heterogeneous landscapes of the Western Ghats and Malabar coast, India. Journal of Insect Conservation, 26:107–119. ePDF on the journal website. Read news coverage in Deccan Herald and The Hindu.
Attiwilli, S., T. Karmakar, K. Isvaran, and K. Kunte. 2022. Habitat preference and functional traits influence responses of tropical butterflies to varied habitat disturbance. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 42:855–864.
SYSTEMATICS, TAXONOMY, AND NATURAL HISTORY:
Joshi, J., and K. Kunte. 2022. Polytypy and systematics: diversification of Papilio swallowtail butterflies in the biogeographically complex Indo-Australian Region. Preprint on bioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.23.485569.
Owens, C., ..., K. Kunte, ..., and C. Simon. 2022. Detecting and removing sample contamination in phylogenomic data: an example and its implications for Cicadidae phylogeny (Insecta: Hemiptera). Systematic Biology, 71:1504–1523.
Joshi, S., D. Sawant, H. Ogale, and K. Kunte. 2022. Burmagomphus chaukulensis, a new species of dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae) from the Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa, 5133:413–430.
Joshi, S., R. Gassah & V. A. Ismavel. 2022. Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Karimganj District, Assam, India with four additions to the Indian checklist. Oriental Insects, 56:299-327.
Grehan, J. R., C. G. C. Mielke, D. N. Basu, U. Pawar, V. A. Ismavel, J. E. Rawlins, and K. Kunte. 2022. A new species of Endoclita C. & R. Felder, 1874 ghost moth from Karimganj District of Assam, India, with comments on the genus in northeastern India, and clarification of E. signifer (Walker, 1856) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). ZooNova, 16:1–13. PDF file (7 MB, has colour plates of holotype).
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND POLICY:
Wang, Z., W. Da, C. S. Negi, P. L. Ghimire, K. Wangdi, P. K. Yadav, Z. Pubu, L. Lama, K. Yarpel, S. C. Maunsell, Y. Liu, K. Kunte, K. S. Bawa, D. Yang, and N. E. Pierce. 2022. Profiling, monitoring and conserving caterpillar fungus in the Himalayan region using anchored hybrid enrichment markers. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 289:20212650.
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, GENETICS, AND ECOLOGY:
Kunte, K., A. G. Kizhakke, and V. Nawge. 2021. Evolution of mimicry rings as a window into community dynamics. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 52:315–341. PDF file (4.6 MB).
Suman, A., N. Ravikanthachari, and K. Kunte. 2021. A comparison between time-constrained counts and line transects as methods to estimate butterfly diversity in tropical habitats. Preprint on bioRxiv.
SYSTEMATICS, TAXONOMY, AND NATURAL HISTORY:
Hime, P. M., A. R. Lemmon, E. C. Moriarty-Lemmon, E. Prendini, J. M. Brown, R. C. Thomson, J. D. Kratovil, B. P. Noonan, R. A. Pyron, P. L. V. Peloso, M. L. Kortyna, J. S. Keogh, S. C. Donnellan, R. L. Mueller, C. J. Raxworthy, K. Kunte, S. R. Ron, S. Das, N. Gaitonde, D. M. Green, J. Labisko, J. Che, D. W. Weisrock. 2021. Phylogenomics reveals ancient gene tree discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life. Systematic Biology, 70:49–66. PDF file (1.8 MB).
Karmakar, T., S. W. Lepcha, D. N. Basu, and K. Kunte. 2021. A new species of Zographetus Watson, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Sikkim, eastern Himalaya, India. Zootaxa, 5072:373–379. PDF file (4.8 MB. Has colour plates of type specimens). Read news coverage in The Hindu, Deccan Herald and East Mojo.
Grehan, J. R., C. G. C. Mielke, D. N. Basu, C. S. Negi, P. K. Sharma, and K. Kunte. 2021. New species of Thitarodes Viette, 1968 ghost moth from Kumaun Himalaya, India (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). ZooNova, 12:1–16. PDF file (2.2 MB. Has colour plates of type specimens).
Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, T. Karmakar, and K. Kunte. 2021. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India: an update. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 31:166-178. PDF file (5.6 MB).
Sarkar, V., C. Mahapatra, P. P. Mohapatra, M. V. Nair, and K. Kunte. 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, 4908:1–28. PDF file (3 MB. Has colour plates of type specimens). Read news coverage in Deccan Herald.
Hill, K., D. Marshall, K. Marathe, M. Moulds, Y. P. Lee, A. Mohagan, V. Sarkar, B. Price, H. Duffels, M. Schouten, A. de Boer, K. Kunte, and C. Simon. 2021. The molecular systematics and diversification of a large, taxonomically unstable group of primarily Asian cicada tribes (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 35:570–601. PDF file (5.2 MB. Has colour figures).
Sondhi, S., T. Karmakar, Y. Sondhi, and K. Kunte. 2021. Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 31(Suppl. 2):1–53. PDF file (19.5 MB. Has colour figures).
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, GENETICS, AND ECOLOGY:
Deshmukh, R., D. Lakhe, and K. Kunte. 2020. Tissue-specific developmental regulation and isoform usage underlie the role of doublesex in sex differentiation and mimicry in Papilio swallowtails. Royal Society Open Science, 7:200792. PDF file (1.3 MB).
Basu, D. N., and K. Kunte. 2020. Tools of the trade: MicroCT reveals native structure and functional morphology of organs that drive caterpillar-ant interactions. Scientific Reports, 10:10593. PDF file (4.4 MB). A video of Apharitis lilacinus caterpillar with 3D structures of its specialized ant-associated organs, delineated with microCT scanning, is available on the Biodiversity Atlas – India YouTube channel. See popular science coverage in EurekAlert!, NCBS News, Mongabay, Research Matters, and in The Hindu.
Bhaumik, V., and K. Kunte. 2020. Dispersal and migration have contrasting effects on butterfly flight morphology and reproduction. Biology Letters, 16:20200393. PDF file (730 KB). See popular science coverage in NCBS News, EurekAlert!, Mongabay, Research Matters, and Le Monde (in French).
Kuwalekar, M.*, R. Deshmukh*, A. Padvi, and K. Kunte. 2020. Molecular evolution and developmental expression of melanin pathway genes in Lepidoptera. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8:226. PDF file (4.6 MB). *equal contribution.
Gautam, S., and K. Kunte. 2020. Adaptive plasticity in wing melanisation of a montane butterfly across a Himalayan elevational gradient. Ecological Entomology, 45:1272–1283. PDF file (1 MB).
SYSTEMATICS, TAXONOMY, AND NATURAL HISTORY:
[BOOK] K. Kunte and N. Ravikanthachari. 2020. Butterflies of Bengaluru. Karnataka Forest Department (Research Wing), National Centre for Biological Sciences, and Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru. 196 pp, in full colour. Download sample pages (PDF file, 4.5 MB)
Sondhi, S., D. N. Basu, Y. Sondhi, and K. Kunte. 2020. A new species of Metallolophia Warren, 1895 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae), and notes on M. opalina (Warren, 1893), from eastern Himalaya, India. Zootaxa, 4838:289–297. PDF file (4 MB, has colour plates of type specimens). See news coverage in Newsfile Online and Hindustan Times, and Deccan Herald.
Joshi, S., K. A. Subramanian, R. Babu, D. Sawant, and K. Kunte. 2020. Three new species of Protosticta Selys, 1885 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from the Western Ghats, India, along with notes on P. mortoni Fraser, 1922 and P. rufostigma Kimmins, 1958. Zootaxa, 4858:151–185. PDF file (2.8MB, has colour plates of type specimens). Read news coverage in Deccan Herald.
Maddison, W. P., I. Beattie, K. Marathe, P. Y. C. Ng, N. Kanesharatnam, S. P. Benjamin, and K. Kunte. 2020. A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Baviini). Zookeys, 1004:27–97. PDF file (28.3 MB, has colour plates of type specimens).
Sondhi, S., D. N. Basu, and K. Kunte. 2020. First record of Ourapteryx dierli Inoue, 1994 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12:16916–16919. PDF file (3 MB).
Sondhi, S. and K. Kunte. 2020. The role of citizen science in studying Lepidoptera biology and conservation in India. Indian Entomologist, 1:14–23. PDF file (1.2 MB).
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, GENETICS, AND ECOLOGY:
Baral, S., Gandhimathi A., R. Deshmukh, and K. Kunte. 2019. Genetic architecture and sex-specific selection govern modular, male-biased evolution of doublesex. Science Advances, 5:eaau3753. PDF file (5.5 MB).
Yang, L., N. Ravikanthachari, R. Mariño-Pérez, R. Deshmukh, M. Wu, A. Rosenstein, K. Kunte, H. Song, P. Andolfatto. 2019. Predictability in the evolution of Orthopteran cardenolide insensitivity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, B374:20180246. PDF file (2 MB).
Phalnikar, K., K. Kunte, and D. Agashe. 2019. Disrupting butterfly microbiomes does not affect host survival and development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286:20192438. PDF file (600 KB).
SYSTEMATICS, TAXONOMY, AND NATURAL HISTORY:
[BOOK CHAPTER] Kunte, K., D. N. Basu, and G. S. Girish Kumar. 2019. Taxonomy, Systematics, and Biology of Indian Butterflies in the 21st Century. Pp. 275–304, in Indian Insects: Diversity and Science, S. Ramani, P. Mohanraj and H. M. Yeshwanth (eds). Taylor & Francis, UK. pp. 472. PDF file (19 MB, with many colour plates).
Basu, D. N., P. Churi, A. Soman, A. Sengupta, M. Bhakare, S. Lokhande, S. Bhoite, B. Huertas, and K. Kunte. 2019. The genus Tarucus Moore, [1881] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in the Indian Subcontinent. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 29:87–110. PDF file (6.8 MB, with many colour plates, including type specimens). Read a news article about this in Research Matters.
Huang, Z., H. Chiba, J. Jin, Athulya Girish K., M. Wang, K. Kunte, and X. Fan. 2019. A multilocus phylogenetics framework of the tribe Aeromachini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae), with implications for taxonomy and historical biogeography. Systematic Entomology, 44:163–178. PDF file (2.8 MB).
Sarkar, V. 2019. A note on the taxonomy and natural history of the Summer Clicker Lahugada dohertyi (Distant, 1891) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae) along with its distribution in northern West Bengal, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 11:14128–14136.
Sujitha, P. C., Prasad G., Nitin R., D. N. Basu, K. Kunte, and Kalesh S. 2019. Current distribution of Nilgiri grass yellow Eurema nilgiriensis Yata (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), with an updated taxonomic key to Eurema of Western Ghats, India. Entomon, 44:23–32. PDF file (620 KB).
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, GENETICS, AND ECOLOGY:
Bhaumik, V., and K. Kunte. 2018. Female butterflies modulate investment in reproduction and flight in response to monsoon-driven migrations. Oikos, 127:285–296. PDF file (4.3 MB, has colour figures). See popular coverage on EurekAlet!, NCBS News, and The Hindu.
Deshmukh, R., S. Baral, A. Gandhimathi, M. Kuwalekar, and K. Kunte. 2018. Mimicry in butterflies: co-option and a bag of magnificent developmental genetic tricks. WIREs Developmental Biology (formally merged in 2022 with WIREs Mechanisms of Disease), 7:e291. PDF file (8.5 MB, has colour figures).
Phalnikar, K., K. Kunte, and D. Agashe. 2018. Dietary and developmental shifts in butterfly-associated bacterial communities. Royal Society Open Science, 5:171559. PDF file (1 MB).
Gaitonde, N., J. Joshi, and K. Kunte. 2018. Evolution of ontogenic change in color defenses of swallowtail butterflies. Ecology and Evolution, 8:9751–9763. PDF file (1.2 MB).
Agashe, D., and K. Kunte (invited editors). 2018. Special issue on Genetics of Adaptation, based on the symposium of the same name, held at NCBS in Nov-Dec 2016. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Virtual Issue.
SYSTEMATICS, TAXONOMY, AND NATURAL HISTORY:
[BOOK CHAPTER] Kunte, K. 2018. Butterflies in a changing climate. pp. 94–96 in Biodiversity and Climate Change: An Indian Perspective, edited by J. Bhatt, A. Das, and K. Shanker. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, New Delhi, India. PDF file (650 KB).
Sondhi, Y., S. Sondhi, S. R. Pathour, and K. Kunte. 2018. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 28:66–89. PDF file (20 MB, has colour plates of the moths).
Marathe, K., A. F. Sanborn, and K. Kunte. 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, 4457:431–443. PDF file (5.6 MB, has colour figures of new species described).
Marshall, D. C., M. Moulds, M. Boulard, A. F. Sanborn, A. Ewart, C. Wei, K. Marathe, L. W. Popple, B. W. Price, and C. Simon. 2018. Case 3761 — Platypleurini Schmidt, 1918: Proposed precedence over Hamzaria Distant, 1905 to conserve nomenclatural stability in the Cicadidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadoidea). The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 75:49–54. PDF file (250 KB). [ICZN's Opinion 2466 conserved Platypleurini (PDF file, 340 KB)].
Marshall, D. C., M. Moulds, K. B. R. Hill, B. W. Price, E. J. Wade, C. L. Owen, G. Goemans, K. Marathe, V. Sarkar, J. R. Cooley, A. F. Sanborn, K. Kunte, M. H. Villet, and C. Simon. 2018. A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification. Zootaxa, 4424:1–64. PDF file (13 MB, has colour figures).
Karmakar, T., R. Nitin, V. Sarkar, S. Baidya, S. Mazumder, V. K. Chandrasekharan, R. Das, G. S. Girish Kumar, S. Lokhande, J. Veino, L. Veino, M. J. Rakoveine, Z. Mirza, R. V. Sanap, B. Sarkar, and K. Kunte. 2018. Early stages and larval host plants of some northeastern Indian butterflies. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11780–11799. PDF file (3.5 MB, has colour plates of butterfly early stages).
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550. PDF file (1.3 MB).
[BOOK] Sondhi, S., and K. Kunte. 2018. Butterflies of Uttarakhand – A Field Guide. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh (Dehradun), Titli Trust (Dehradun), National Centre for Biological Sciences (Bengaluru), and Indian Foundation for Butterflies (Bengaluru). x+310pp, in full color.
[BOOK] Sondhi, S., and K. Kunte. 2018. Butterflies and Moths of Pakke Tiger Reserve (2nd edition). Titli Trust (Dehradun), National Centre for Biological Sciences, (Bengaluru), and Indian Foundation for Butterflies (Bengaluru). vi+242pp, in full colour.
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, GENETICS, AND ECOLOGY:
Arnold, M. L. and K. Kunte. 2017. Adaptive genetic exchange: a tangled history of admixture and evolutionary innovation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32:601–611. PDF file (1.8 MB, has colour figures). Recommended by Faculty of 1000 (F1000Prime) (download the recommendation if you do not have a subscription).
Joshi, J., A. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2017. Evolutionary assembly of communities in butterfly mimicry rings. The American Naturalist, 189:E58–E76. PDF file (12 MB, has colour figures). Recipient of the American Society of Naturalists' 2018 Presidential Award, "honoring an outstanding article published in The American Naturalist in the previous year". See coverage on NCBS News.
SYSTEMATICS, TAXONOMY, AND NATURAL HISTORY:
Sondhi, Y., I. J. Kitching, D. N. Basu, and K. Kunte. 2017. A new species of Theretra Hübner (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from the southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 4323:185–196. PDF file (3.8 MB, has colour figures of type specimens of the new species).
Marathe, K., H. M. Yeshwanth, D. N. Basu, and K. Kunte. 2017. A new species of Platypleura Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae) from the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India. Zootaxa, 4311:523–536. PDF file (9 MB, has colour figures of type specimens of the new species).
Joshi, S., and K. Kunte. 2017. Two new dragonfly species (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) from north-eastern India. Zootaxa, 4300:259–268. PDF file (3.3 MB, has colour figures of holotypes of the new species).
Datta-Roy, A., V. Deepak, R. Chaitanya, C. Murthy, H. Bhosale, A. Lajmi, P. Karanth, K. Kunte, and Varad Giri. 2017. On the taxonomic status of Eurylepis poonaensis (Squamata: Scincidae): resolving a long-standing conundrum. Salamandra, 53:389–397. PDF file (3.7 MB, has colour images).
Joshi, S., J. Veino, D. Veino, L. Veino, R. Veino, and K. Kunte. 2017. Additions to the Indian dragonfly fauna, and new records of two enigmatic damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) from northeastern India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 9:10433–10444. PDF file (14 MB, has colour figures, and first descriptions).
Mirza, Z. A., R. V. Sanap, and K. Kunte. 2017. A new genus and new species of diplurid spider (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) from northeast India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 10:32–38. PDF file (4 MB, has colour images of the type).
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, GENETICS, AND ECOLOGY:
Jain, A., K. Kunte, and E. L. Webb. 2016. Flower specialization of butterflies and impacts of non-native flower use in a transformed tropical landscape. Biological Conservation, 201:184–191. PDF file (712 KB).
SYSTEMATICS, TAXONOMY, AND NATURAL HISTORY:
Gaitonde, N., V. Giri, and K. Kunte. 2016. ‘On the Rocks’: reproductive biology of the endemic toad Xanthophryne (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Natural History, 50:2557–2572. PDF file (3.2 MB, has colour figures).
Sondhi, S., and K. Kunte. 2016. Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of the Kameng Protected Area Complex, western Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 8:9053–9124. PDF file (9 MB, includes colour plates).
Price, B. W., E. L. Allan, K. Marathe, V. Sarkar, C. Simon, and K. Kunte. 2016. The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography. Biodiversity Data Journal, 4:e8051. PDF file (1.3 MB).
Joshi, S., O. E. Kosterin, and K. Kunte. 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, 19:41–51. PDF file (1.4 MB, has images of topotypes and male genitalia).
Sondhi, S., T. Karmakar, Y. Sondhi, R. Jhaveri, and K. Kunte. 2016. Re-discovery of Calinaga aborica Tytler, 1915 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Calinaginae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 8:8618–8622. PDF file (4.7 MB, has colour images of a type and other specimens).
Mirza, Z. A., R. V. Sanap, and K. Kunte. 2016. A new species of the genus Thaicharmus Kovařík, 1995 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from northeast India. Euscorpius, 215:1–11. PDF file (2.8 MB, has colour images of the type).
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, GENETICS, AND ECOLOGY:
Su, S., M. Lim, and K. Kunte. 2015. Prey from the eyes of predators: colour discriminability of aposematic and mimetic butterflies from an avian visual perspective. Evolution, 69:2985–2994. PDF file (650 KB; or PDF file with supporting information, 1.1 MB). This work was featured on the cover of the journal issue, and in several popular science news stories in PhysOrg, EurekAlert, The Hindu, The Statesman, and NCBS News, among others.
Kunte, K., and D. Agashe (guest editors). 2015. Evolutionary Biology, in Current Science, 108:1835–1873. PDF file of the preface (144 KB).
SYSTEMATICS, TAXONOMY, AND NATURAL HISTORY:
Toussaint, E. F. A., J. Morinière, C. J. Müller, K. Kunte, B. Turlin, A. Hausmann, and M. Balke. 2015. Comparative molecular species delimitation in the charismatic Nawab butterflies (Nymphalidae, Charaxinae, Polyura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 91:194–209. PDF file (7.2 MB).
Kunte, K. 2015. A new species of Hypolycaena (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 48:21–27. PDF file (3.8 MB, has colour images of the types and other materials). See press release or popular science coverage of this paper in The Hindu, The Telegraph, and Times of India, among many others.
Kiran, C. G., S. Kalesh, and K. Kunte. 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. PDF file (2 MB, has colour images).
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, GENETICS, AND ECOLOGY:
Kunte, K., W. Zhang, A. Tenger-Trolander, D. H. Palmer, A. Martin, R. D. Reed, S. P. Mullen, and M. R. Kronforst. 2014. doublesex is a mimicry supergene. Nature, 507:229–232. PDF file (1.2 MB). Recommended by Faculty of 1000 (F1000Prime) (download the recommendation if you do not have a subscription). Read more about the story on this webpage. See popular science coverage of this paper in Nature, Nature India, Science, NCBS News, The Scientist, National Geographic's Phenomena blog, Mongabay, New York Times, The Hindu, and ScienceDaily.
SYSTEMATICS, TAXONOMY, AND NATURAL HISTORY:
Joshi, S., and K. Kunte. 2014. Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Nagaland, with an addition to the Indian odonate fauna. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 6:6458–6472. PDF file (4.5 MB, has color plates).
Gaitonde, N., and V. Giri. 2014. Primitive breeding in an ancient Indian frog genus Indirana. Current Science, 107:109–112. PDF file (604 KB). Also covered in Current Science's In This Issue.
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, GENETICS, AND ECOLOGY:
Zhang, W., K. Kunte, and M. R. Kronforst. 2013. Genome-wide characterization of adaptation and speciation in tiger swallowtail butterflies using de novo transcriptome assemblies. Genome Biology and Evolution, 5:1233–1245. PDF file (676 KB).
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND POLICY:
Lasley, R. M. Jr., A. Jain, and K. Kunte. 2013. Alleviating poverty in India: Biodiversity's role. Science, 341:840–841. PDF file (259 KB).
Kumaraswamy, S., and K. Kunte. 2013. Integrating biodiversity and conservation with modern agricultural landscapes. Biodiversity and Conservation, 22:2735–2750. PDF file, (383 KB).
SYSTEMATICS, TAXONOMY, AND NATURAL HISTORY:
Rai, S., K. D. Bhutia, and Kunte, K. 2012. Recent sightings of two very rare butterflies, Lethe margaritae Elwes, 1882 and Neptis nycteus de Nicéville, 1890, from Sikkim, eastern Himalaya, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 4:3319–3326. PDF file (5 MB, has color figures and maps).
Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, B. M. Sangma, R. Lovalekar, K. Tokekar, and G. Agavekar. 2012. Butterflies of the Garo Hills of Meghalaya, northeastern India: Their diversity and conservation. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 4:2933–2992. PDF file (8 MB, has a color map and 16 color plates).
Kunte, K., C. Shea, M. L. Aardema, J. M. Scriber, T. E. Juenger, L. E. Gilbert, and M. R. Kronforst. 2011. Sex chromosome mosaicism and hybrid speciation among tiger swallowtail butterflies. PLoS Genetics, 7:e1002274. PDF file (2 MB). News coverage on the National Science Foundation (NSF, USA) website, in Harvard Gazette, or on MSNBC and myscience. Read more about this work ...
Sarkar, V. K., D. S. Das, V. C. Balakrishnan and K. Kunte. 2011. Validation of the reported occurrence of Tajuria maculata, the Spotted Royal butterfly (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), in the Western Ghats, southwestern India, on the basis of two new records. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 3:1629–1632. PDF file (733 KB, has color figures and a map).
Lovalekar, R., G. Agavekar and K. Kunte. 2011. Spindasis abnormis, the endemic Abnormal Silverline butterfly of the Western Ghats, southwestern India (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Parthenos, Jan. 2011:13–16. PDF file (246 KB, has color photographs and a map).
Ghorpadé, K. and K. Kunte. 2010. Butterflies (Lepidoptera—Rhopalocera) of the Palni Hills, southern Western Ghats in peninsular India: an updated review, with an appreciation of Brigadier W. H. Evans. Colemania, 23:1–19. PDF file (197 KB).
Kunte, K. 2010. Rediscovery of the federally protected Scarce Jester Butterfly Symbrenthia silana de Nicéville, 1885 (Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae) from the Eastern Himalaya and Garo Hills, northeastern India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2:858–866. PDF file (5.8 MB, has color figures and a map). Also read about this rediscovery here.
Roy, A. B., U. Ghosh and K. Kunte. 2010. Sighting of Elymnias panthera (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in West Bengal, eastern India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2:670–671. PDF file (135 KB, has a color photograph).
Kunte, K. and A. Tiple. 2009. The Polyommatine wing pattern elements and seasonal polyphenism of the Indian Chilades pandava butterfly (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). News of the Lepidopterists' Society, 51:86–88 and 109. PDF file (2.8 MB, has color photographs).
Tiple, A., D. Agashe, A. M. Khurad and K. Kunte. 2009. Population dynamics and seasonal polyphenism of Chilades pandava butterfly (Lycaenidae) in central India. Current Science, 97:1774–1779. PDF file (262 KB, includes a color figure). Also featured in "In This Issue" (PDF file, 45KB) and on the cover.
Kunte, K. 2009. Occurrence of Elymnias obnubila Marshall and de Nicéville, 1883 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in southern Mizoram: Range extension of the species and an addition to the Indian butterfly fauna. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 1:567–568. PDF file (176 KB, has color photographs).
Larsen, T. B., R. I. Vane-Wright, K. Kunte and V. Nazari. 2009. Case 3488. Papilio danae Fabricius, 1775 (currently Colotis danae; Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pieridae): proposed conservation of prevailing usage by the suppression of Papilio danae Hufnagel, 1766. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 66:250–255. PDF file (74 KB).
Kunte, K. and U. Manthey. 2009. Rediscovery of Japalura sagittifera (Sauria: Agamidae) from the Eastern Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh: An addition to the Indian herpetofauna. Sauria, 31:49–55. PDF file (800 KB, has color figures. This is in a bilingual journal published from Berlin, Germany, so the PDF file has text first in German and then in English. The table and figures are shared between the English and German versions).
Kunte, K. 2009. Female-limited mimetic polymorphism: A review of theories and a critique of sexual selection as balancing selection. Animal Behaviour, 78:1029–1036. PDF file (586 KB, includes a color figure). Read more about this work ...
Kunte, K. 2009. The diversity and evolution of Batesian mimicry in Papilio swallowtail butterflies. Evolution, 63:2707–2716. PDF file (987 KB, includes a color figure). Read more about this work ...
Kunte, K. 2008. Mimetic butterflies support Wallace's model of sexual dimorphism. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 275:1617–1624. PDF file (404 KB). Recommended by Faculty of 1000 (F1000Prime) (download the recommendation if you do not have a subscription). Featured on Science website, and also in Roughgarden, J. 2009. The Genial Gene: Deconstructing Darwinian Selfishness, Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, pp. 38-39.
Kunte, K. 2008. The Wildlife (Protection) Act and conservation prioritization of butterflies of the Western Ghats, southwestern India. Current Science, 94:729–735. PDF file (132 KB). Also featured in "In This Issue" and on the cover. A PDF file of this article with an appendix giving the conservation values of all the Western Ghats butterfly species may be downloaded here (PDF file, 300KB).
Kunte, K. 2008. Competition and species diversity: Removal of dominant species increases diversity in Costa Rican butterfly communities. Oikos, 117:69–76. PDF file (120 KB).
Kunte, K., E. Kunhikrishnan, M. Balakrishnan & C. Susanth. 2008. Status and distribution of Appias lalage butterfly (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in the Western Ghats, south-western India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 105: 354–357. PDF file (1.3 MB, has a detailed distributional map).
Kunte, K. 2008. Range extension of the Wavy Maplet Chersonesia intermedia (Nymphalidae, Lepidoptera), from Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 105:108–109. PDF file (100 KB).
Kunte, K. 2008. Natural history and early stages of the Western Ghats endemic butterfly Golden Flitter Quedara basiflava (Hesperiidae, Lepidoptera) from south-western India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 105:104–108. PDF file (1.5 MB, has color figures).
Kunte, K. 2007. Allometry and functional constraints on proboscis lengths in butterflies. Functional Ecology, 21:982–987. PDF file (128 KB).
Kunte, K. 2006. Additions to known larval host plants of Indian butterflies. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 103:119–122. PDF file (420 KB).
Kunte, K. 2006. Litsea pringlei: host plant of Papilio palamedes leontis in Parque Ecologica Chipinque, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. News of the Lepidopterists' Society, 48:40–41. PDF file (2.8 MB, has color figures).
Jog, M. M., R. R. Marathe, S. S. Goel, S. P. Ranade, K. K. Kunte, and M. G. Watve. 2005. Sarcocystosis of chital (Axis axis) and dhole (Cuon alpinus): ecology of a mammalian prey–predator–parasite system in Peninsular India. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 21:479–482. PDF file (96 KB).
Kunte, K. 2005. Species composition, sex-ratio and movement patterns in danaine butterfly migrations in southern India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 102:280–286. PDF file (700 KB).
Das, I. and K. Kunte. 2005. New species of Nyctibatrachus (Anura: Ranidae) from Castle Rock, Karnataka State, Southwest India. Journal of Herpetology, 39:465–470. PDF file (176 KB). Read more about this work.
Kunte, K. 2004. Natural history and reproductive behaviour of Nyctibatrachus cf. humayuni (family Ranidae: Anura). Herpetological Review, 35:137–140. PDF file (112 KB).
Bastawade, D. B., K. Kunte, and A. Captain. 2004. Extension of distribution of the Thomisid spider Platythomisus sudeepi Biswas, Thomisidae: Araneae, from north Kanara, Karnataka. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 101:181. PDF file (60 KB).
Thakar, J., K. Kunte, A. K. Chauhan, A. V. Watve, and M. G. Watve. 2003. Nectarless flowers: floral ecological correlates and evolutionary stability. Oecologia, 136:565–570. PDF file (188 KB).
Kunte, K. 2000–01. Butterfly diversity of Pune city along the human impact gradient. Journal of Ecological Society, 13&14:40–45. PDF file (3.3 MB)
Kunte, K. J., A. P. Joglekar, G. Utkarsh, and P. Pramod. 1999. Patterns of butterfly, bird and tree diversity in the Western Ghats. Current Science, 77:577–586. PDF file (7.6 MB).
Kunte, K. J. 1998. Common Silverline caterpillar feeding on Cadaba indica. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 95:139. PDF file (650 KB).
Kunte K. J. 1998. Common Vine Snake feeding on tadpoles. Hamadryad, 22:124–125. PDF file (96 KB).
Kunte, K. J. 1998. Plain Puffin: Behavior, life history and distribution. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 95:137–139. PDF file (650 KB).
Kunte, K. J. 1997. Seasonal patterns in butterfly abundance and species diversity in four tropical habitats in northern Western Ghats. Journal of Biosciences, 22:593–603. PDF file (220 KB).
Kunte K. J. 1996. Grey Musk Shrew (Suncus murinus) feeding on toad. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 93:581. PDF file (44 KB).
Kunte, K. J. 1996. Strange behavior of Mottled Emigrant males. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 93:307–308. PDF file (96 KB).
Rashtriya Titli Namkaran Sabha. 2024. Butterflies of India: A Checklist of Hindi Names. Indian Foundation for Butterflies Trust, Bengaluru. 25 pp. Free ebook for educational and outreach purposes. with Hindi names of common and widespread Indian butterflies. PDF file (5.8 MB).
K. Kunte and N. Ravikanthachari. 2020. Butterflies of Bengaluru. Karnataka Forest Department (Research Wing), National Centre for Biological Sciences, and Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru. 196 pp, in full colour. Download sample pages (PDF file, 4.5 MB).
Sondhi, S., and K. Kunte. 2018. Butterflies of Uttarakhand – A Field Guide. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh (Dehradun), Titli Trust (Dehradun), National Centre for Biological Sciences (Bengaluru), and Indian Foundation for Butterflies (Bengaluru). x+310pp, in full colour.
Sondhi, S., and K. Kunte. 2018. Butterflies and Moths of Pakke Tiger Reserve (2nd edition). Titli Trust (Dehradun), National Centre for Biological Sciences, (Bengaluru), and Indian Foundation for Butterflies (Bengaluru). vi+242pp, in full colour.
S. Sondhi, and K. Kunte. 2014. Butterflies and Moths of the Pakke Tiger Reserve. Titli Trust (Dehradun), and Indian Foundation for Butterflies (Bengaluru). xvi+200pp, in full colour.
S. Sondhi, K. Kunte, G. Agavekar, R. Lovalekar, and K. Tokekar. 2013. Butterflies of the Garo Hills. Samrakshan Trust (New Delhi), Titli Trust (Dehradun), and Indian Foundation for Butterflies (Bengaluru). xvi+200pp, in full colour.
Kunte, K. 2000. Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press (Hyderabad) and Indian Academy of Sciences (Bangalore). First fascicle from "India: A Lifescape", series editor: Madhav Gadgil.
Kunte, K., D. N. Basu, and G. S. Girish Kumar. 2019. Taxonomy, Systematics, and Biology of Indian Butterflies in the 21st Century. Pp. 275–304, in Indian Insects: Diversity and Science, S. Ramani, P. Mohanraj and H. M. Yeshwanth (eds). Taylor & Francis, UK. pp. 472. PDF file (19 MB, with many colour plates).
Kunte, K. 2016. Biogeographic origins and habitat use of the butterflies of the Western Ghats. pp. 1–21, in D. R. Priyadarsanan, M. Soubadra Devy, K. A. Subramanian, N. A. Aravind, and N. K. Seena. (eds.) Invertebrate Diversity and Conservation in the Western Ghats, India. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru. pp. 265. PDF file (1.3 MB).
Kunte, K. (eds.). 2023. Biodiversity Atlas — India. National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR. URL: https://www.bioatlasindia.org/.
Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (eds.). 2023. Butterflies of India. v. 2.86. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/.
Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (eds.). 2023. Moths of India. v. 2.1. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/.
Marathe, K., V. Sarkar, Price, B. W., P. Roy, and K. Kunte (eds). 2023. Cicadas of India. v. 1. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indiancicadas.org/.
Joshi, S., P. Dawn, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (eds.). 2023. Odonata of India. v. 1.48. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/.
Kamdar, A., and K. Kunte (eds.). 2023. Reptiles of India. v. 1.24. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianreptiles.org/.
Kamdar, A. and K. Kunte (eds.). 2023. Amphibians of India. v. 1.05. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianamphibians.org/.
Satose, V., A. Bayani, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (eds.). 2023. Birds of India. v. 2.14. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.birdsofindia.org/.
Bayani, A. and K. Kunte (eds.). 2023. Mammals of India. v. 1.13. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mammalsofindia.org/.
Kunte, K. 2015. Lepidoptera and Conservation, by T. R. New. 2014. Wiley-Blackwell, New York. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 90:450. PDF file (50 KB).
Joshi, J., R. Naniwadekar, and K. Kunte. 2014. Himalaya: Mountains of Life, by Kamal Bawa and Sandesh Kadur. 2013. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bangalore. Current Science, 106:312-313. PDF file (232 KB).
Kunte, K. 2005. Measuring Biological Diversity, by Anne E. Magurran. 2003. Blackwell Publishing, MA. Current Science, 89:2170-2171. PDF file (72 KB).
Kunte, K. 2002. The Handicap Principle: A Missing Piece of Darwin’s Puzzle, by Amotz Zahavi and Avishag Zahavi. 1997. Oxford University Press, Inc., New York. Current Science, 82:1047-1049. PDF file (27 KB).
Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, G. Agavekar, R. Lovalekar, and K. Tokekar. 2013. Final notes on the identification and misidentification of butterflies of the Garo Hills. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5:5019-5020. PDF file (4.7 MB, has a colour figure).
Kunte, K., G. Agavekar, S. Sondhi, R. Lovalekar, and K. Tokekar. 2013. On the identification and misidentification of butterflies of the Garo Hills. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5:4616-4620. PDF file (3.2 MB, has color figures).
Kunte, K. 2007. About distastefulness and mimicry: A comment on Peter Smetacek's article (J. Lep. Soc., 60:82-85). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 61:57. PDF file (1.65 MB).
Kunte, K. and A. Sinha. 2000. Courtship and nesting behaviour of the frog, Rhacophorus malabaricus. Current Science, 79:260-261. PDF file (22 KB).
Kunte, K., Lochana R., Lalrintluanga, and V. Nawge. 2023. Butterflies of Indian Urban Greeneries (brochure). Indian Foundation for Butterflies Trust and National Centre for Biological Sciences - TIFR, Bengaluru, India.
Nitin, R., A. Sengupta, and K. Kunte. 2018. Butterflies of Bengaluru. A brochure produced by the National Centre for Biological Sciences, in collaboration with the Karnataka Forest Department and Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Download a sample (1 MB).
Kunte, K. 2003. The Anamalai Hills and Their Significance to the Diversity of Butterflies of the Western Ghats. Report to Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) for World Heritage Biodiversity Programme (WHBP) of Ministry of Environment and Forests (Govt. of India), funded by a grant from United Nations Educational, Scientific And Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Gadgil, M; K. P. Achar; A. Shetty; A. Ganguly; N. Harini; H. R. Bhat; J. Venkatesan; K. Krishna; K. Kunte; K. Moolya; L. Nandagiri; M. B. Nayak; R. J. R. Daniels; S. Joishy; S. Patgar; S. Gunaga; K. A. Subramanian; V. Suri; U. Ghate; Y. Gokhale. 2000. Participatory Local Level Assessment of Life Support Systems: A Methodology Manual. Technical Report No. 78; Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.