San Martin Y Gomez, Gilles
[UCL]
Bacquet, Paul
[UCL]
Nieberding, Caroline M.
[UCL]
Bicyclus anynana (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) is a widely used model species in evolutionary and developmental biology. This species is part of a highly diversified subtribe (Mycalesina) resulting from a rapid species radiation in which sexual selection, in concert with adaptation to new environment may have played an important role. In this paper, we review the current knowledge about sexual selection in Bicyclus anynana. We discuss in an integrated view all traits identified so far as
being relevant in mate choice: white pupil of fore wing dorsal eyespots, male sex pheromone and to a lesser extend wing size. We discuss also the potential functional roles of these traits for species and sex recognition and as information source on mate quality. We aim at highlighing the consequences of the large diversity of methodological approaches used so far and we briefly underline understudied traits (i.e., behavior) that could potentially be important for mate choice.
Bibliographic reference |
San Martin Y Gomez, Gilles ; Bacquet, Paul ; Nieberding, Caroline M.. Mate choice and sexual selection in a model butterfly species, Bicyclus anynana :state of the art. In: Netherlands Entomological Society Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 22, p. 9-22 (2011) |
Permanent URL |
http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/87816 |