Mate‐guarding success depends on male investment in a butterfly
Abstract Males of many insects, including butterflies, produce mate‐guarding devices, such as mating plugs, to prolong guarding and prevent future female matings in the male's absence. In a few butterflies, large external mate‐guarding devices, that is, sphragides, occur. Gór et al. (Behaviour,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2023-09-01
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| Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10533 |