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A Survey of Eyespot Sexual Dimorphism across Nymphalid Butterflies

Differences between sexes of the same species are widespread and are variable in nature. While it is often assumed that males are more ornamented than females, in the nymphalid butterfly genus Bicyclus, females have, on average, more eyespot wing color patterns than males. Here we extend these studi...

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Autores principales: Tokita, Christopher K., Oliver, Jeffrey C., Monteiro, Antónia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3870084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24381783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/926702