Male wing color properties predict the size of nuptial gifts given during mating in the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 507-513

  Rajyaguru, Parth K ^a   Pegram, Kimberly V ^a   Kingston, Alexandra C N ^a   Rutowski, Ronald L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iridescence; Material benefits; Sexual coloration; Spermatophore; Swallowtail butterfly

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; COPULATION; MALE; MATING BEHAVIOR; NUPTIAL GIFT; SPERMATOPHORE; WIND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOGONIUM; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLIES; FEMALE; MALE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOGONIA; TIME FACTORS; WING;

ANIMALIA; ARISTOLOCHIA TOMENTOSA; BATTUS PHILENOR; PAPILIONIDAE;

EID: 84879552277     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1046-1     Document Type: Article

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