A Comparative Analysis of Mating Recognition Signals in Graylings: Hipparchia statilinus vs. H. semele (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

Pinzari, Manuela

doi:10.1007/s10905-008-9169-5

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“…The actual courtship behaviours differ among species, and go from simple to more complicated displays (see Scott 1973;Silberglied 1977;Rutowski 1984). Rather complex sexual patterns have been described in nymphalids (Tinbergen 1941(Tinbergen , 1972Magnus 1958;Scott 1973;Nieberding et al 2008;Pinzari 2009;Pinzari & Sbordoni 2013), while in other butterflies males perform simple courtship displays comprising a reduced set of behaviours and few events (Crane 1955;Lederer 1960;Brussard & Ehrlich 1970). In this paper we show that E. a. provincialis belongs to the latter category, as it shows one of the simplest butterfly courtship behaviour: males immediately try to clasp the female genitalia.…”

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“…In the scatter plots, the cumulative frequency distribution curves of male flights due to (a) the last female behaviour ( rarely females performed Small Wing fluttering, as a first response to male approach, and it was never followed by male departure. SWf better resembles types of behaviour like Fanning in Hipparchia species (Pinzari 2009;Pinzari & Sbordoni 2013) and Short wing fluttering in E. chalcedona (Rutowski & Gilchrist 1987).…”

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“…In the wild, to ensure the encounter of partners, we captured and throw a female towards one or more males to prompt their flight (Rutowski & Gilchrist 1987;Pinzari 2009). This practice encouraged male flight pursuit and allowed us recording some complete courtship sequences and copulations ( Table I).…”

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Make it simple: mating behaviour ofEuphydryas aurinia provincialis(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Pinzari

Sbordoni

2019

The European Zoological Journal

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Courtship in butterflies can vary among species, from simple to elaborate displays, which are thought to promote conspecific mating and drive a female, at first unreceptive, to eventually mate. In this paper, we studied the courtship behaviour of a population of E. aurinia provincialis (Nymphalidae) of the Italian region Latium, finding clear differences in acceptance/refusal of females and in consequent departure/persistence of males. Despite the presence of a period of female unreceptivity after eclosion, virgin females usually do not show resistance, and accept to mate after a simple courtship. Once males meet a female, they immediately try to copulate clasping female genitalia, and proceed in mating performing long copulations. They also secrete a mating plug to prevent subsequent matings. On the contrary, already-mated females can strongly reject any approaching male and they always display Wide Wing fluttering, which is a behavioural pattern usually followed by male departure. In case of persistent males, prolonged and energy demanding sexual interactions, as Carrousels, can occur, with rare final copulation. Here, we analyse the effects of female refusal on male sexual behaviour and discuss potential selective pressures that might be acting on such behavioural traits.

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Make it simple: mating behaviour ofEuphydryas aurinia provincialis(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Pinzari

Sbordoni

2019

The European Zoological Journal

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“…The pair never copulates in the air. If the female alights nearby, the male also alights there, walks to her and bends his abdomen to copulate with her (Tinbergen et al, 1972;Wickman & Wiklund, 1983;Takeuchi & Imafuku, 2005;Pinzari, 2009;Dinesh & Venkatesha, 2013;Takeuchi, 2010). A male cannot copulate with a female if she does not alight (but see Carvalho et al, 2016).…”

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The erroneous courtship hypothesis: do insects really engage in aerial wars of attrition?

Takeuchi

Yabuta

Tsubaki

2016

Biol. J. Linn. Soc.

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Males of various flying insects perform conspicuous aerial interactions around their mating stations. The broadly accepted interpretation of their aerial interaction is a war of attrition, where two contestants perform costly displays, and the one that reaches its cost threshold earlier gives up. The implicit but important requirement in this model is that some forces that match the intensity of display of the two contestants are necessary, and failure to enforce matching allows foul contestants that delay or stop their display to avoid paying contest costs. In addition, wars of attrition require flying insects to distinguish the sex of flying conspecifics because their aerial interactions begin when intruders fly into the territory. We investigated past research on the behaviour of odonates and butterflies aiming to clarify whether the two prerequisites of wars of attrition are fulfilled: (1) contestants can inflict substantial costs on nondisplaying opponents and (2) contestants can discriminate the sex of flying conspecifics. In odonates, we found an abundance of evidence suggesting that contests involve physical attack and that the ability of sexual discrimination is sufficient. Therefore, wars of attrition may occur in territorial odonates. In butterflies, however, we could not find any evidence that the two prerequisites are filled. The aerial interactions of butterflies are better interpreted as courtship between sexually active males (the erroneous courtship hypothesis). Based on these results, we discuss future directions of research on the aerial contests of flying insects.

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“…After the penetration of its sites by sheep ceased, the species suffered a serious decline in the Czech Republic, most likely due to the expansion of shrubs (Kadlec et al 2009). The trampling of habitat patches, either through grazing or through various adventurous sports, is also necessary for the near threatened species Hipparchia statilinus (Hufnagel, 1766) (Beneš et al 2002;Pinzari 2009). Contrarily, high intensity trampling can also be detrimental for butterfly populations, as was shown in the case of Erebia sudetica (Staudinger, 1861) (Kuras et al 2003).…”

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Land management impacts on European butterflies of conservation concern: a review

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Recent land use changes, namely the intensification of agriculture and forestry as well as the abandonment of traditional grassland management methods, have resulted in the decline of butterfly diversity in Europe. Appropriate management of butterfly habitats is thus required in order to reverse this negative trend. The aim of our study was to review the available literary information concerning the effects of various types of management on European butterflies of conservation concern, and to provide practical recommendations for the management of butterfly habitats. Since vegetation succession is a major threat to butterfly populations, there is a need for activities to suppress this process. Extensive grazing and rotational mowing, which imitate the traditional way of meadow use, appear to be the most suitable management in this respect. Both grazing and mowing should optimally be of low intensity and follow a mosaic design, with different land fragments being successively used at different times. Habitat disturbance through trampling, either associated with grazing or various sporting activities (hiking, biking, horse riding), or through occasional small-area burning, also prove to be beneficial for many butterflies. In the case of woodland species, maintaining open habitats within forests (glades, clearings, wide road verges) and thinning forest stands is recommended. Among the unfavourable management activities identified, the most harmful are afforestation of open lands and drainage works. Therefore, such activities must be stopped at butterfly sites in order to ensure the effective conservation of species of conservation concern.

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A Comparative Analysis of Mating Recognition Signals in Graylings: Hipparchia statilinus vs. H. semele (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

Cited by 12 publications

References 28 publications

Make it simple: mating behaviour ofEuphydryas aurinia provincialis(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Make it simple: mating behaviour ofEuphydryas aurinia provincialis(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

The erroneous courtship hypothesis: do insects really engage in aerial wars of attrition?

Land management impacts on European butterflies of conservation concern: a review

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