Article
Larval growth rate is not a major determinant of adult wing shape and eyespot size in the seasonally polyphenic butterfly Melanitis leda.
PeerJ - 1 Jan 2024
Molleman Freerk, Moore M Elizabeth, Halali Sridhar, Kodandaramaiah Ullasa, Halali Dheeraj, van Bergen Erik, Brakefield Paul M, Oostra Vicencio
Abstract excerpt
Background: Insects often show adaptive phenotypic plasticity where environmental cues during early stages are used to produce a phenotype that matches the environment experienced by adults. Many tropical satyrine butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) are seasonally polyphenic and produce distinct wet- and dry-season form adults, providing tight environment-phenotype matching in seasonal environments. In studied...
Topics
- Animals
- Butterflies
- Larva
- Wings, Animal
- Seasons
- Phenotype
- Female
- Male
- Temperature