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This book presents a readable account of butterfly behaviour, based on field observations, great photographs and the latest research. The main focus is on courtship and mating - including perching, searching and territorial behaviour - but to understand these subjects it is necessary to explain how mates are chosen and this requires sections on wing colours and patterns. A chapter on butterfly vision is also essential in terms of how butterflies see the world and each other. There have been exciting discoveries in all of these fields in recent years, including: butterfly vision (butterfly photoreceptors), wing patterns (molecular biology), wing colouration (structural colours and nano-architecture), mating strategies and female choice (ecology and behaviour).

Table of Contents
1: Introduction 2: Sexual selection and mate choice 3: Strategies for locating a mate 4: Seeing and being seen 5: Courtship behaviour 6: Body language 7: The Mating Game 8: The inside story 9: Scents – chemical communications 10: Wing colours and iridescence 11: Glossary 12: Summing Up 13: Annex 1. 14: References

Courtship and Mating in Butterflies

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      Publisher CABI Publishing
      Published 30 December 2019
      ISBN-13 9781789242638
      978-1789242638
      ISBN-10 1789242630
      Also in:
      Natural History Wildlife: butterflies, other insects and spiders: general interest Science & Nature Insects (entomology) Zoology and animal sciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book presents a readable account of butterfly behaviour, based on field observations, great photographs and the latest research. The main focus is on courtship and mating - including perching, searching and territorial behaviour - but to understand these subjects it is necessary to explain how mates are chosen and this requires sections on wing colours and patterns. A chapter on butterfly vision is also essential in terms of how butterflies see the world and each other. There have been exciting discoveries in all of these fields in recent years, including: butterfly vision (butterfly photoreceptors), wing patterns (molecular biology), wing colouration (structural colours and nano-architecture), mating strategies and female choice (ecology and behaviour).

      Table of Contents
      1: Introduction 2: Sexual selection and mate choice 3: Strategies for locating a mate 4: Seeing and being seen 5: Courtship behaviour 6: Body language 7: The Mating Game 8: The inside story 9: Scents – chemical communications 10: Wing colours and iridescence 11: Glossary 12: Summing Up 13: Annex 1. 14: References

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