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Agonistic display or courtship behavior? A review of contests over mating opportunity in butterflies

Male butterflies compete over mating opportunities. Two types of contest behavior are reported. Males of various butterfly species compete over a mating territory via aerial interactions until one of the two contestants retreats. Males of other butterfly species fly around larval food plants to find...

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Autor principal: Takeuchi, Tsuyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Japan 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28127115
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10164-016-0487-3