Iridescent hindwing patches in the pipevine swallowtail: Differences in dorsal and ventral surfaces relate to signal function and context

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 767-775

  Rutowski, Ronald L ^a   Nahm, Alexandra C ^a,b   Macedonia, Joseph M ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Iridescence; Sexual signal; Signal ecology; Warning coloration

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; COURTSHIP; LIGHT EFFECT; REFLECTANCE; SIGNAL; WAVELENGTH;

ANIMALIA; ARISTOLOCHIA TOMENTOSA; PAPILIONIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 77953581352     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01693.x     Document Type: Article

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