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Ultraviolet colours in butterflies: intra- or inter-specific communication?

1995; Royal Society; Volume: 260; Issue: 1358 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1098/rspb.1995.0080

1471-2954

Clair F. A. Brunton, Michael E. N. Majerus,

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Restricted accessMoreSectionsView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Cite this article Brunton Clair F. A. and Majerus Michael E. N. 1995Ultraviolet colours in butterflies: intra- or inter-specific communication?Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B.260199–204http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1995.0080SectionRestricted accessArticleUltraviolet colours in butterflies: intra- or inter-specific communication? Clair F. A. Brunton Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author and Michael E. N. Majerus Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Clair F. A. Brunton Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed and Michael E. N. Majerus Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Published:22 May 1995https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1995.0080AbstractAmongst the Lepidoptera, ultraviolet wing patterns are common. Where closely related species are sympatric, it has been thought that these patterns play a significant role in species recognition. In Europe, a number of Colias and Gonepteryx species of butterflies occur sympatrically, exhibiting similar visible and ultraviolet (uv) patterns. We analysed the uv and visible wavelengths, using reflectance spectrometry, for evidence of species specific uv colours. A great deal of variation was found to occur between reflected wavelengths of individuals but not between species. Individual variation in uv was so great that butterflies (or butterfly predators) would be unlikely to recognise particular species on the basis of uv colours. We suggest that variation in uv reflectance in male Pierid butterflies is more likely to be associated with mate choice by females or with male-male interactions.FootnotesThis text was harvested from a scanned image of the original document using optical character recognition (OCR) software. 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