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

被引：38

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

来源：

NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN | 2000年 / 87卷 / 07期

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D O I：

10.1007/s001140050726

中图分类号：

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.

引用

页码：304 / 307

页数：4

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