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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2025
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Refreshed 2026-08-08

Matthew J. Murphy

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Researcher

Also affiliated: Washington University in St. Louis (2022); Center for Grain and Animal Health Research (2025)

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2 h-index 6 pubs 65 cited

  • Butterflies
  • Animals
  • Software
  • Metabolomics
  • Biological Evolution
  • Opsins
  • Courtship
  • Sex Attractants
  • Sexual Behavior, Animal
  • Smell
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Pigmentation
  • Weather
  • Wings, Animal
  • Chromatography, Liquid

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Matthew J. Murphy investigates factors influencing butterfly behavior and evolution. His research includes studying the impact of wing patterns and weather on butterfly activity, as well as examining the evolutionary limits on species' ability to match their color sensitivity to available habitat light. Murphy also explores the temporal synchronization of female olfactory sensitivity and male courtship behaviors in butterflies. His work utilizes untargeted metabolomics workflows capable of scaling to thousands of samples for population-based studies. He has collaborated with researchers including Erica L. Westerman and Neelendra K. Joshi on multiple publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 2
  • Publications: 6
  • Citations: 65

Selected Publications

  • Female olfactory sensitivity is temporally asynchronous with male courtship in a butterfly (2025)
    Journal of Experimental Biology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Female Olfactory Sensitivity Is Temporally Asynchronous with Male Courtship in a Butterfly (2024)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • Evolutionary history limits species' ability to match colour sensitivity to available habitat light (2022)
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Evolutionary history limits species’ ability to match color sensitivity to available habitat light (2021)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Engaging the Community in Pollinator Research: The Effect of Wing Pattern and Weather on Butterfly Behavior (2021)
    Integrative and Comparative Biology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

8 Collaborators 4 Institutions 1 Country

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