Is male puddling behaviour of tropical butterflies targeted at sodium for nuptial gifts or activity?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 345-361

  Molleman, Freerk ^a,b   Grunsven, Roy H A ^a   Liefting, Maartje ^a   Zwaan, Bas J ^a   Brakefield, Paul M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Carrion; Charaxinae; Lepidoptera; Nymphalinae; Polyandry; Satyrinae

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; NUPTIAL GIFT; SODIUM;

CHARAXES; CHARAXINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALINAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; SATYRINAE;

EID: 27744479110     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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