Resrouce Allocation and Visual Communication In Lepidoptera

LN Fipps - 2021 - scholarcommons.sc.edu
Visual signals in the form of wing color, size, shape, pattern, and UV reflectance play an
important role in the mating and reproductive strategies of diurnal butterflies. Wing-based …

Visual Communication and Resource Allocation in Lepidoptera

LN Fipps - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Visual signals in the form of wing color, size, shape, pattern, and UV reflectance play an
important role in the mating and reproductive strategies of diurnal butterflies. Wing-based …

Effects of Seasonal Environment on Abundance, Behavior, Visual Signaling, and Perception in Prairie Butterflies

GE Hirzel - 2023 - scholarworks.uark.edu
Phenotypic plasticity is a widespread mechanism that allows animals to respond quickly to
seasonal changes in their environment. However, the depth and complexity of these plastic …

The Visual Ecology of Speyeria mormonia

NS Gonzalez - 2018 - search.proquest.com
Variations in environmental factors such as temperature, precipitation, and day length during
larval development are known to affect morphological traits in butterflies related to their …

Evolutionary constraints on flicker fusion frequency in Lepidoptera

A KRISHNAN, SP Sane, U Mohan, P Chatterjee - 2020 - dr.iiserpune.ac.in
Flying insects occupy both diurnal and nocturnal niches, and their visual systems encounter
distinct challenges in both conditions. Visual adaptations, such as superposition eyes of …

Evolutionary constraints on flicker fusion frequency in Lepidoptera

P Chatterjee, U Mohan, A Krishnan… - Journal of Comparative …, 2020 - Springer
Flying insects occupy both diurnal and nocturnal niches, and their visual systems encounter
distinct challenges in both conditions. Visual adaptations, such as superposition eyes of …

Larval food limitation in butterflies: effects on adult resource allocation and fitness

CL Boggs, KD Freeman - Oecologia, 2005 - Springer
Allocation of larval food resources affects adult morphology and fitness in holometabolous
insects. Here we explore the effects on adult morphology and female fitness of larval semi …

Warning signals are seductive: Relative contributions of color and pattern to predator avoidance and mate attraction in Heliconius butterflies

SD Finkbeiner, AD Briscoe, RD Reed - Evolution, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Visual signaling in animals can serve many uses, including predator deterrence and mate
attraction. In many cases, signals used to advertise unprofitability to predators are also used …

Genetic and peripheral visual system changes underlie evolving butterfly mate preference

NW VanKuren, NP Buerkle, EL Westerman, AK Im… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Many studies have linked genetic variation to behavior, but less is known about how that
variation alters the neural circuits that drive behavior. We investigated the genetic and …

The relative importance of flower color and shape for the foraging monarch butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

LC Cepero, LC Rosenwald, MR Weiss - Journal of Insect Behavior, 2015 - Springer
Flowers attract and guide pollinators via a wide array of sensory stimuli, including colors,
odors, textures, and even sounds. Bees are known to respond to and learn multimodal and …