The Common Palmfly has evolved to be a con artist, where males and females in some regions resemble two distinct species of toxic butterflies to evade predation.
Illustration: Ravi Jambhekar
Boltzmann Day 2025: Active matter and collective synchronization
The Boltzmann Day at IMSc celebrates the exemplary contributions of Boltzmann Medal winners to statistical physics.
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Johannes Köbler: Complexity theory and a three-decade long collaboration
Johannes Köbler is a Professor at Humboldt University, Berlin who has been making yearly excursions to IMSc to collaborate on research problems in complexity theory.
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Philip Maini: Holding a mathematical lens to biological complexity
Philip Maini is the Director of the Wolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology, who uses mathematical models to understand biological processes.
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Con artists take flight
The Common Palmfly has evolved to be a con artist, where males (bottom) and females (top) in some regions resemble two distinct species of toxic butterflies to evade predation.
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Photo: S Dharun
