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Evolutionary trade-offs between male secondary sexual traits revealed by a phylogeny of the hyperdiverse tribe Eumaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 12 May 2021
Valencia-Montoya Wendy A, Quental Tiago B, Tonini João Filipe R, Talavera Gerard, Crall James D, Lamas Gerardo, Busby Robert C, Carvalho Ana Paula S, Morais Ana B, Oliveira Mega Nicolás, Romanowski Helena Piccoli, Liénard Marjorie A, Salzman Shayla, Whitaker Melissa R L, Kawahara Akito Y, Lohman David J, Robbins Robert K, Pierce Naomi E
Abstract excerpt
Male butterflies in the hyperdiverse tribe Eumaeini possess an unusually complex and diverse repertoire of secondary sexual characteristics involved in pheromone production and dissemination. Maintaining multiple sexually selected traits is likely to be metabolically costly, potentially resulting in trade-offs in the evolution of male signals. However, a phylogenetic framework to test hypotheses regarding the...
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