Male behavior in a swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor) ensures directional iridescent sexual signal is visible to females during courtship

Comparison of Courtship Behavior in Fourteen Butterfly Species

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The Paradox of Iridescent Signals

(2020) Devi Stuart-Fox et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Interspecific covariation in courtship displays, iridescent plumage, solar orientation, and their interactions in hummingbirds

(2019) Richard Kendall Simpson et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Two ways to display: male hummingbirds show different color-display tactics based on sun orientation

(2018) Richard K Simpson et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

It's not just what you have, but how you use it: solar-positional and behavioural effects on hummingbird colour appearance during courtship

(2018) Richard K. Simpson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Sunrise Eclosions in the Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) Driven by Internal Clock and External Cues

(2018) Sean Hannam et al.   JOURNAL OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS SOCIETY

Experimental trait mis‐matches uncover specificity of evolutionary links between multiple signaling traits and their interactions in hummingbirds

(2018) Richard K. Simpson et al.   EVOLUTION

Effects of sodium puddling on male mating success, courtship and flight in a swallowtail butterfly

(2016) Chandreyee Mitra et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Eye morphology and visual acuity in the pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor) studied with a new method of measuring interommatidial angles

(2015) Martin Bergman et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Indicators of recent mating success in the pipevine swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor) and their relationship to male phenotype

(2015) Nayuta Sasaki et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Signal design and courtship presentation coincide for highly biased delivery of an iridescent butterfly mating signal

(2014) Thomas E. White et al.   EVOLUTION

Here comes the sun: multimodal displays are associated with sunlight incidence

(2013) Paula Sicsú et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Male-specific Iridescent Coloration in the Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) is Used in Mate Choice by Females but not Sexual Discrimination by Males

(2012) Ronald L. Rutowski et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR

Iridescence: a functional perspective

(2012) S. M Doucet et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Quantifying iridescent coloration in animals: a method for improving repeatability

(2011) Melissa G. Meadows et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Hilltopping in the Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly (Battus philenor)

(2010) Ronald L. Rutowski et al.   ETHOLOGY

Iridescent hindwing patches in the Pipevine Swallowtail: differences in dorsal and ventral surfaces relate to signal function and context

(2010) Ronald L. Rutowski et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Courtship behavior of Heliconius erato phyllis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) towards virgin and mated females: conflict between attraction and repulsion signals?

(2010) André Luis Klein et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

Structural colours create a flashing cue for sexual recognition and male quality in a Neotropical giant damselfly

(2009) Tom D. Schultz et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Visual acuity and sensitivity increase allometrically with body size in butterflies

(2008) R.L. Rutowski et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

The Male Sex Pheromone of the Butterfly Bicyclus anynana: Towards an Evolutionary Analysis

(2008) Caroline M. Nieberding et al.   PLoS One