Yellow and the Novel Aposematic Signal, Red, Protect Delias Butterflies from Predators

Butterflies of the South Asian and Australian genus Delias possess striking colours on the ventral wings that are presumed to serve as warning signals to predators. However, this has not been shown empirically. Here we experimentally tested whether the colours of one member of this diverse genus, De...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2017-01, Vol.12 (1), p.e0168243-e0168243
Hauptverfasser: Wee, Jocelyn Liang Qi, Monteiro, Antónia
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