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On the failure of two butterfly species to respond to the presence of conspecific eggs prior to oviposition
Author(s) -
SINGER MICHAEL C.,
MANDRACCHIA JOANNE
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
ecological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.865
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2311
pISSN - 0307-6946
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1982.tb00673.x
Subject(s) - biology , butterfly , ecology , zoology
. 1. The eggs of Euptychiine butterflies are laid singly, but their distributions tend to be contagious. However, these insects do not discriminate between egg‐laden and egg‐free plants. 2. Response to conspecific eggs is not part of the mechanism responsible for clumped egg distribution.