Female mating biases for bright ultraviolet iridescence in the butterfly Eurema hecabe (Pieridae)

By D. Kemp. 2008

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Female European green lizards (Lacerta viridis) prefer males with high ultraviolet throat reflectance (2010, background): “…in birds (Bennett et al. 1996, 1997; Andersson and Amundsen 1997; Andersson et al. 1998; Pearn et al. 2001), fish (Smith et al. 2002; Boulcott et al. 2005) and even invertebrates (Kemp 2008; Li et al. 2008), but to the authors’ knowledge this is the first case that it has been shown in a reptile.”
Structural colours create a flashing cue for sexual recognition and male quality in a Neotropical giant damselfly (2009, background): “…signals have focused primarily on butterflies (Lepidoptera) and shown that the brightness and spectral characteristics of wings, especially at ultraviolet wavelengths, serve to identify mates (Rutowski 1985, 1997) and in some species, influence mate choice (Robertson & Monteiro 2005; Kemp 2007a,b).”
Quantifying iridescent coloration in animals: a method for improving repeatability (2011, result): “…have not been carefully explored; several of Kemp’s studies provide a repeatability estimate for individual coloration on different wings, but not repeatability of the method for the same spot or relative to those obtained from other methods (e.g., Kemp 2006a, 2008a; Kemp and Rutowski 2007).”