Mimetic butterfly wings through mimetic butterfly eyes
A. Dang, G. D. Bernard, F. Yuan, A. Macias-Munoz, R. I. Hill, J. P. Lawrence, A. R. G. Olguin, A. Luis-Martinez, S. P. Mullen, J. Llorente-Bousquets, A. D. Briscoe
The paper tests if brightness vision, not color vision, helps Adelpha fessonia butterflies identify mates when their wing coloration is indistinguishable to birds.
bioRxiv · Oct 5, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology