Butterfly Wing Markings are More Advantageous during Handling than during the Initial Strike of an Avian Predator

Evolution ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark K. Wourms ◽  
Fred E. Wasserman
Keyword(s):  
Butterfly Wing ◽  
Avian Predator

A High-Transmission, Multiple Antireflective Surface Inspired from Bilayer 3D Ultrafine Hierarchical Structures in Butterfly Wing Scales

Small ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 713-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiwu Han ◽  
Zhengzhi Mu ◽  
Bo Li ◽  
Shichao Niu ◽  
Junqiu Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hierarchical Structures ◽  
Butterfly Wing ◽  
High Transmission ◽  
Wing Scales

A bioinspired poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)/silver nanocomposite as a photonic crystal with both optical and thermal responses

Nanoscale ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (35) ◽  
pp. 12969-12975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Fei ◽  
Tao Lu ◽  
Jun Ma ◽  
Shenmin Zhu ◽  
Di Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
Butterfly Wing ◽  
Silver Nanocomposite

Photonic crystals with both optical and thermal responses based on a natural butterfly wing template.

scholarly journals Evolution of the wave: aerodynamic and aposematic functions of butterfly wing motion

2007 ◽  
Vol 274 (1612) ◽  
pp. 913-917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B Srygley
Keyword(s):  
Beat Frequency ◽  
Warning Signal ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Wing Beat ◽  
Butterfly Wing ◽  
Motion Cues ◽  
Wing Beat Frequency ◽  
Wing Motion ◽  
Heliconius Cydno

Many unpalatable butterfly species use coloration to signal their distastefulness to birds, but motion cues may also be crucial to ward off predatory attacks. In previous research, captive passion-vine butterflies Heliconius mimetic in colour pattern were also mimetic in motion. Here, I investigate whether wing motion changes with the flight demands of different behaviours. If birds select for wing motion as a warning signal, aposematic butterflies should maintain wing motion independently of behavioural context. Members of one mimicry group ( Heliconius cydno and Heliconius sapho ) beat their wings more slowly and their wing strokes were more asymmetric than their sister-species ( Heliconius melpomene and Heliconius erato , respectively), which were members of another mimicry group having a quick and steady wing motion. Within mimicry groups, wing beat frequency declined as its role in generating lift also declined in different behavioural contexts. In contrast, asymmetry of the stroke was not associated with wing beat frequency or behavioural context—strong indication that birds process and store the Fourier motion energy of butterfly wings. Although direct evidence that birds respond to subtle differences in butterfly wing motion is lacking, birds appear to generalize a motion pattern as much as they encounter members of a mimicry group in different behavioural contexts.

Temperature and saturation dependence in the vapor sensing of butterfly wing scales

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 221-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Kertész ◽  
G. Piszter ◽  
E. Jakab ◽  
Zs. Bálint ◽  
Z. Vértesy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Butterfly Wing ◽  
Vapor Sensing ◽  
Wing Scales

Post-logging effects on nest predation and avian predator assemblages in a subtropical forest

2021 ◽  
pp. 119858
Author(s):  
Ever Tallei ◽  
Luis Rivera ◽  
Alejandro Schaaf ◽  
Maila Scheffer ◽  
Natalia Politi
Keyword(s):  
Nest Predation ◽  
Subtropical Forest ◽  
Avian Predator ◽  
Logging Effects
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