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Does predation maintain eyespot plasticity in Bicyclus anynana?
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Feb 2004
Lyytinen Anne, Brakefield Paul M, Lindström Leena, Mappes Johanna
Abstract excerpt
The butterfly Bicyclus anynana exhibits phenotypic plasticity involving the wet-season phenotype, which possesses marginal eyespots on the ventral surface of the wings, and the dry-season form, which lacks these eyespots. We examined the adaptive value of phenotypic plasticity of B. anynana in relation to the defence mechanisms of crypsis and deflection. We assessed the visibility differences between spotless and...
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