Intrasexual selection constrains the evolution of the dorsal color pattern of male black swallowtail butterflies, Papilio polyxenes

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 717-722

  Lederhouse, Robert C ^a   Scriber, J Mark ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female choice; Male male competition; Sex limited mimicry; Territorial behavior

Indexed keywords

EASTERN BLACK SWALLOWTAIL; INTRASEXUAL SELECTION; TERRITORIALITY; WING COLOUR;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIO POLYXENES ASTERIUS;

EID: 0029752265     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03881.x     Document Type: Article

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