Author
Smithsonian Tropical Research InstituteORCID 0009-0001-1837-4719Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
3 papers
Recent·Most cited
Max S. Farnworth, Yi Peng Toh, Theodora Loupasaki…·Stephen Hugh Montgomery
The paper compares the evolutionary changes in the central complex and mushroom bodies across Heliconiini butterflies, finding conservation in the central complex and expansion in the mushroom bodies linked to foraging behavior.
Elizabeth A Hodge, Denise Dalbosco Dell’Aglio, Antoine Couto…·Stephen Hugh Montgomery
The paper investigates how visual behaviour in Heliconius butterflies evolved through changes in mushroom body structure without increased investment in visual pathways.
Elizabeth A. Hodge, Amaia Alcalde Anton, Louise Bestea…·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.