Uncertainty about flying conspecifics causes territorial contests of the Old World swallowtail, Papilio machaon

Uncertainty about flying conspecifics causes territorial contests of the Old World swallowtail, Papilio machaon

Abstract Background Male-male aerial contests of territorial butterflies are difficult to explain by major contest models based on game theory because of butterflies’ apparent inability to inflict substantial costs on their opponent. As an alternative, the “erroneous courtship hypothesis” was presen...

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Main Authors: Tsuyoshi Takeuchi, Shinji Yabuta, Hiroyuki Takasaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
Subjects:
Butterfly
Courtship
Mating system
Sexual recognition
Sexual selection
Territory
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-019-0324-y

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