Heliconius are a group of tropical butterflies known for their wide variety of wing patterns and colors, which act as a warning to predators. Because wing coloration is crucial for their survival ...

A simple neural change alters mating preferences in male butterflies, aiding rapid behavioral evolution, researchers report.

In a nutshell Butterflies choose mates based on vision, not scent or chance. Heliconius cydno butterflies are biologically wired to prefer mates with matching wing colors, and this preference is ...

The Florida Entomologist Vol. 88, No. 2, Jun., 2005 Dynamics of a Subtropical Population of ... Dynamics of a Subtropical Population of the Zebra Longwing Butterfly Heliconius charithonia (Nymphalidae ...

The study, published in Current Biology, investigates the neural foundations of behavioral innovation in Heliconius ...

Butterflies display a remarkable diversity of wing patterns, caused by evolution, interbreeding and the mixing of genes. Tiger longwings (Heliconius hecale), can be found in Central America and ...

Evolution of mate preference in polymorphic butterflies. These white Heliconius cydno alithea butterflies are mating on a passionflower vine, but the male had a choice between white and yellow ...