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Brief Mating Behavior at Dawn and Dusk and Long Nocturnal Matings in the Butterfly Melanitis leda

open access: yesJournal of Insect Behavior, 2020
Information on the mating system of an insect species is necessary to gain insight into sexual selection and population structure. Male territoriality of the common evening brown butterfly Melanitis leda has been studied in the wild, but other aspects of
Freerk Molleman   +2 more
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Twilight fighting in the evening brown butterfly, Melanitis leda (L.) (Nymphalidae): age and residency effects

open access: yesBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2003
Butterflies are conspicuous among animals that fight for mating opportunities because it is not clear how contest costs could accrue. Nevertheless, the bulk of research in this group suggests that contests are settled on the basis of asymmetries in ...
Darrell J Kemp
exaly   +3 more sources

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