Male sex pheromone release and female mate choice in a butterfly
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Male sex pheromone release and female mate choice in a butterfly.
In butterflies female mate choice is influenced by both visual and olfactory cues, the latter of which are important at close range. Males of the green-veined butterfly, Pieris napi, are known to release citral (mixture of geranial and neral, 1:1), but its role(s) and conditions of release are not known. Here, we show that male P. napi release citral when interacting with conspecific males, con...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02726