Female mate choice determines reproductive isolation between sympatric butterflies

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 873-886

  Friberg, Magne ^a   Vongvanich, Namphung ^b   Borg Karlson, Anna Karin ^b   Kemp, Darrell J ^c   Merilaita, Sami ^a   Wiklund, Christer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Courtship behavior; Lepidoptera: Pieridae; Pheromones; Sexual signaling; Species recognition; Wing reflectance

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; BUTTERFLY; CONSPECIFIC; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATE RECOGNITION; PHEROMONE; REFLECTANCE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIGNAL; SYMPATRY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; LEPTIDEA REALI; LEPTIDEA SINAPIS; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; SINAPIS;

EID: 41049106723     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0511-2     Document Type: Article

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