Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1985 Jan;39(1):93-103.
doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1985.tb04082.x.

BIRD PREDATION AS A SELECTIVE AGENT IN A BUTTERFLY POPULATION

M Deane Bowers  1 , Irene L Brown  2 , Darryl Wheye  3
Affiliations

BIRD PREDATION AS A SELECTIVE AGENT IN A BUTTERFLY POPULATION

M Deane Bowers et al. Evolution. 1985 Jan.

Abstract

In a population of the checkerspot butterfly, Euphydryas chalcedona, the detached wings of 309 individuals that had been attacked and eaten by birds were collected during a single flight season. During this time period a representative sample of 296 live butterflies in this population was photographed. Comparison of sex ratio and coloration of those butterflies that had been attacked with those that had not showed, first, that birds attacked slightly more females than males; and second, that among males, which are extremely variable in the amount of red on the forewing, birds attacked the less red individuals.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

LinkOut - more resources