Spatial distribution, territoriality and sound production by tropical cryptic butterflies (Hamadryas, Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): implications for the "industrial melanism" debate

Neotropical butterflies of the genus Hamadryas, noted by the emission of sound, spend much time perching on trees and are believed to be cryptically patterned and colored with respect to tree trunks and branches they use as perching sites, but the subject had not been studied previously. This paper...

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Principais autores:	Julián Monge-Nájera, Francisco Hernández, María Isabel González, Javier Soley, José Araya, Stefano Zolla
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Universidad de Costa Rica 1998-06-01
coleção:	Revista de Biología Tropical
Assuntos:	Behavior protective coloration crypsis ndustrial melanism territoriality spatial distribution sound stridulation mechanism wing structure defense mating courtship communication
Acesso em linha:	http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77441998000200014
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