Female mating biases for bright ultraviolet iridescence in the butterfly Eurema hecabe (Pieridae)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Kemp, Darrell J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coloration; Female mate choice; Lepidoptera; Ornamentation; Sexual selection; Signaling; Structural color

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COLOR; COPULATION; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; ORNAMENTATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALIA; EUREMA; EUREMA HECABE; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE;

EID: 38149025598     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm094     Document Type: Article

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