Aposematism and crypsis combined as a result of distance dependence: functional versatility of the colour pattern in the swallowtail butterfly larva

BS Tullberg, S Merilaita… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The idea that an aposematic prey combines crypsis at a distance with conspicuousness
close up was tested in an experiment using human subjects. We estimated detectability of …

Hatchling morphology and adaptation to host plants during juvenile stages in the butterfly Pieris napi

M Ohata, A Furumoto, N Ohsaki - Ecological research, 2011 - Springer
The adaptations of young insect larvae to factors causing mortality may not depend on
whole-body size but may instead depend substantially on the size of specific body parts …

Dimorphic growth patterns and sex‐specific reaction norms in the butterfly Lycaena hippothoe sumadiensis

K Fischer, K Fiedler - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Directly developing larvae of the butterfly Lycaena hippothoe sumadiensis exhibited two
growth strategies with one cohort passing four larval instars at high growth rates, and the …

Phenotypic Plasticity of the Mimetic Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio polytes: Color Pattern Modifications and Their Implications in Mimicry Evolution

T Shimajiri, JM Otaki - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Diverse butterfly wing color patterns are evolutionary products in response
to environmental changes in the past. Environmental stress, such as temperature shock, is …

Intraspecific variation in wing and pupal melanization in copper butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

I Karl, TL Geister, K Fischer - Biological Journal of the Linnean …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Melanin is a widespread pigment causing variation in skin darkness, with darker phenotypes
typically reaching higher equilibrium temperatures than lighter ones. Therefore, selection is …

Colour vision of the foraging swallowtail butterfly Papilio xuthus

M Kinoshita, N Shimada… - Journal of Experimental …, 1999 - journals.biologists.com
This paper demonstrates that foraging summer-form females of the Japanese yellow
swallowtail butterfly Papilio xuthus have colour vision. The butterflies were trained to feed on …

The adaptive significance of alpine melanism in the butterfly Parnassius phoebus F. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

CS Guppy - Oecologia, 1986 - Springer
The adaptive significance of alpine melanism, the tendancy for insects to become darker
with increased elevation and latitude, was investigated using the butterfly Parnassius …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Living on the edge: habitat and host-plant selection in the butterfly Lycaena tityrus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) close to its northern range limit

K Pradel, K Fischer - Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 2011 - researchgate.net
We here investigate habitat preferences and its variation between the sexes as well as
oviposition site selection in a population of the Copper butterfly Lycaena tityrus in North-East …

Colour lightness of butterfly assemblages across North America and Europe

P Stelbrink, S Pinkert, S Brunzel, J Kerr, CW Wheat… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Melanin-based dark colouration is beneficial for insects as it increases the absorption of
solar energy and protects against pathogens. Thus, it is expected that insect colouration is …