Female Olfactory Sensitivity is Temporally Asynchronous with Male Courtship in a Butterfly
Matthew J. Murphy, Yi Ting Ter, Brooke Kester, Ian M. Riddington, Neelendra K. Joshi, Erica L. Westerman
The paper investigates the temporal asynchrony between male courtship timing and female olfactory sensitivity in Bicyclus anynana butterflies, finding females are more sensitive to odorants in the morning while males court more at dusk.
Journal of Experimental Biology · Dec 29, 2025Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition