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Amaia Alcalde Anton

Smithsonian Tropical Research InstituteORCID 0000-0002-2091-258XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Organism:multiple species· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:mixed model· 1

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Stephen Hugh MontgomeryiD· 2 shared Camilo A. SalazariD· 1 shared Carolina Pardo‐DíaziD· 1 shared Daniel Shane WrightiD· 1 shared Daniela Lozano-Urrego· 1 shared Denise Dalbosco Dell’AglioiD· 1 shared Elizabeth A. HodgeiD· 1 shared Geraldine Rueda-Muñoz· 1 shared

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Ecological divergence and post-eclosion brain development shape visual performance during Heliconius speciation

José Borrero, Amaia Alcalde Anton, Léo Laborieux, Daniel Shane Wright, Daniela Lozano-Urrego, Geraldine Rueda-Muñoz, Carolina Pardo‐Díaz, Camilo A. Salazar, Stephen Hugh Montgomery, Richard M. Merrill

This study shows that visual acuity improves during early adulthood in Heliconius butterflies through neural development, despite no change in eye structure, and that this maturation coincides with reproductive behaviors and is disrupted in hybrids.

bioRxiv · Apr 16, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Modality specific memory enhancement in Heliconius butterflies

Elizabeth A. Hodge, Amaia Alcalde Anton, Louise Bestea, Greta Hernández, Jane Margereth Aguilar, Max S. Farnworth, Denise Dalbosco Dell’Aglio, W. Owen McMillan, Stephen H. Montgomery

Heliconius butterflies retain odour associations over eight days no better than outgroup Heliconiini, contrasting with their superior visual long-term memory, consistent with a modality-specific memory enhancement.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · Jun 26, 2025Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition✦ In-depth digest