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Changes in Age-Related Reproductive Tactics in the Female of the Butterfly, Eurema hecabe

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The occurrence of mate solicitation by virgin females was investigated in the butterfly Eurema hecabe. Young (1-day-old) virgin females rarely showed mate solicitation to male model, however, old (at least 6-day-old) virgin females frequently showed such flight. The duration of solicitation was significantly longer in older females than in younger ones. The age-related behavioral change occurs with female oogenesis (Hiroki and Kato 1996), and such behavior may thus be a result of female adaptation to maximize their fecundity.

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  1. Laboratory of Ethology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan, Japan

    Masato Hiroki & Yoshiaki Obara

  2. Department of Biology, International Christian University, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8585, Japan, Japan

    Yoshiomi Kato

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Received: 6 November 1997 / Accepted in revised form: 29 June 1998

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Hiroki, M., Obara, Y. & Kato, Y. Changes in Age-Related Reproductive Tactics in the Female of the Butterfly, Eurema hecabe. Sci Nat 85, 551–552 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001140050548

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