The effect of female mate preference on the evolution of Batesian mimicry
Male and female Papilio glaucus were released in pairs in a flight cage to study courtship behavior and mate choice. The study was designed to test the hypothesis that females select the natural color pattern, an important aspect of the theory of the evolution of mimicry. Males were unpainted or wer...
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91102 |