Iridescent ultraviolet signal in the orange sulphur butterfly (Colias eurytheme): Spatial, temporal and spectral properties

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 349-364

  Rutowski, Ronald L ^a   Macedonia, Joseph M ^a   Merry, Justin W ^a   Morehouse, Nathan I ^a   Yturralde, Kasey ^a   Taylor Taft, Laura ^a   Gaalema, Diann ^a   Kemp, Darrell J ^a   Papke, Randi S ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colour signal; Iridescence; Lepidoptera; Pieridae

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BUTTERFLY; COLOR MORPH; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; SIGNAL;

ANIMALIA; COLIAS EURYTHEME; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE;

EID: 33846680919     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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