Role of visual and olfactory cues in sex recognition in butterfly Cethosia cyane cyane

Abstract Butterflies use multiple signals, including visual, olfactory and tactile cues, to identify same- and opposite-sex individuals during courtship. In this study of the sexually dimorphic butterfly Cethosia cyane cyane, we explored the roles of visual and olfactory cues in conspecific mate rec...

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Main Authors: Chengzhe Li, Hua Wang, Xiaoming Chen, Jun Yao, Lei Shi, Chengli Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04721-6