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Discrimination of flying mimetic, passion-vine butterflies Heliconius

Wing-beat frequency and the degree of asymmetry in wing motion were more similar among mimics than among sister species of passion-vine butterflies in the genus Heliconius. Asymmetry in wing motion is not attributed to lift production, and serves as the first clear example of a mimetic behavioural s...

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Main Authors: Srygley, R. B., Ellington, C. P.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1999
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1690334/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1999.0899
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