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Ultraviolet Light Patterns and Communication
UV Light Reflection
Sexual Behavior Initiated by UV light in Pieris rapae
UV Reflectance as an Indicator of Male Viability
References
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- Obara Y. and Hidaka, T. (1968): “Recognition of the Female by the Male, on the basis of Ultra-Violet reflection, in the White Cabbage Butterfly, Pieris rapae crucivora Boisduval.” Proc. Japan Acad. Vol. 44 No. 8 ppg 828-832.
- Obara Y. (1970): “Studies on the Mating Behavior of the White Cabbage Butterfly, Pieris rapae crucivora Boisduval.” Z. vergl. Physiologie: 60, ppg 99-116.
- Obara Y. (1975): “Mating Behavior of the Cabbage White Butterfly, Pieris rapae Crucivora. Electrophysiological Decision of Muscle Functions in Wing and Abdomen Movements and Muscle Output Pattersn during Flight.” J. comp. Physiol. 102, ppg. 189-200.
- Papke, R. S., Kemp, D. J., and Rutowski, R. L. (2007): “Multimodal signaling: structural ultraviolet reflectance predicts male mating success better than pheromones in the butterfly Colias eurtheme L.” Animal Behavior: 73, ppg 47-54.