Fixed eyespot display in a butterfly thwarts attacking birds

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1415-1419

  Kodandaramaiah, Ullasa ^a   Vallin, Adrian ^a   Wiklund, Christer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

eyespot; intimidation hypothesis; Junonia almana; peacock pansy

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; SURVIVAL; WING;

AVES; HEXAPODA; JUNONIA ALMANA; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 67349254220     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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