Publications
2026
Ravikanthachari, N., Behrman, E. L., Beltz, J., Conner, W. R., Schmidt, P. R., & Cooper, B. S. (2026). Climate predicts w Mel Wolbachia frequency variation in Drosophila melanogaster, but genomic variation reflects a recent incomplete cytoplasmic sweep. bioRxiv, 2026-05. (pdf)
2025
Ravikanthachari, N., & Boggs, C. L. (2025). Differences in gene expression and genetic variation underlying preference-performance mismatches: insights from a specialized native herbivore on an invasive toxic plant. Heredity, 134(8), 461-472. (pdf)
2024
Ravikanthachari, N., Burch, L. L., Powell, R. E., Scott, D. M., Wayne, C. R., Niitepõld, K., ... & Boggs, C. L. (2024). Impacts of assisted migration: An introduced herbivore has short‐term and long‐term effects on its native host plant population. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 172(11), 982-991. (pdf)
Ravikanthachari, N., Steward, R. A., & Boggs, C. L. (2024). Patterns of genetic variation and local adaptation of a native herbivore to a lethal invasive plant. Molecular Ecology, 33(20), e17326. (pdf)
Attiwilli, S., Ravikanthachari, N., & Kunte, K. (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(1), 88-101. (pdf)
2023
Olson, M. M., Ravikanthachari, N., Blackwell, M., & Boggs, C. L. (2023). The dispersal of microbes among and within flowers by butterflies. Ecological Entomology, 48(4). (pdf)
Ravikanthachari, N., & Boggs, C. L. (2023). Gene family evolution in brassicaceous-feeding insects: Implications for adaptation and host plant range. bioRxiv, 2023-06. (pdf)
2019
Yang, L., Ravikanthachari, N., Mariño-Pérez, R., Deshmukh, R., Wu, M., Rosenstein, A., ... & Andolfatto, P. (2019). Predictability in the evolution of Orthopteran cardenolide insensitivity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374(1777), 20180246. (pdf)
Sujitha, P. C., Prasad, G., Nitin, R., Basu, D. N., Kunte, K., & Sadasivan, K. (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(1), 23-32. (pdf)
2018
Karmakar, T., Nitin, R., Sarkar, V., Baidya, S., Mazumder, S., Chandrasekharan, V. K., ... & Kunte, K. (2018). Early stages and larval host plants of some northeastern Indian butterflies. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(6), 11780-11799. (pdf)
Nitin, R., Balakrishnan, V. C., Churi, P. V., Kalesh, S., Prakash, S., & Kunte, K. (2018). Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(4), 11495-11550. (pdf)
Books and non peer-reviewed articles:
2020
Kunte, K., & Ravikanthachari, N. (2020). Butterflies of Bengaluru (p. 196). Karnataka Forest Department (Research Wing). (sample pdf)
2018
Nitin, R., A. Sengupta, and K. Kunte. (2018). Butterflies of Bengaluru. brochure (sample pdf)
2013
KS Sheshadri, MB Krishna, S Balakrishna, MS Kumar, BS Prabhakar, R Nitin, SB Kishan, KS Vinay, GS Gautham, V Narayan, S Potdar, P Daga, TP Kumar. Ruining the ecology of Hesaraghatta Lake – the role of bird photographers. Conservation India (2013). (sample pdf)