Flavonoid wing pigments increase attractiveness of female common blue (Polyomattus icarus) butterflies to mate-searching males

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 304-307

  Burghardt, Frank ^b   Knüttel, Helge ^a   Becker, Mechthild ^b   Fiedler, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID;

BUTTERFLY; MATING BEHAVIOR; PIGMENT; WING;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CELASTRINA LADON; PAPILIONOIDEA; POLYOMMATUS ICARUS;

EID: 0033864646     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050726     Document Type: Article

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