Flavonoid wing pigments increase attractiveness of female common blare (Polyommatus icarus) butterflies to mate-searching males

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作者
Burghardt, F
Knüttel, H
Becker, M
Fiedler, K
机构
[1] Univ Bayreuth, Lehrstuhl Tierokol 1, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
[2] Univ Wurzburg, Julius von Sachs Inst Biowissensch, Lehrstuhl Pharmazeut Biol, D-97082 Wurzburg, Germany
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10.1007/s001140050726
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 [理学]; 0710 [生物学]; 09 [农学];
摘要
Common blue butterflies (Polyommatus icarus) sequester flavonoids from their larval host plants and allocate these UV-absorbing pigments to the wings. In field experiments using dummies constructed from female butterflies, mate-searching males inspected flavonoid-rich dummies more intensively than those with little or no flavonoids. Flavonoid content as signalled by UV-wing pattern may indicate ontogenetically determined female quality or enhance detectability to males.
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