Lyytinen, Anne; Lindström, Leena; Mappes, Johanna - In: Behavioral Ecology 15 (2004) 6, pp. 982-987
According to our extensive data on Lepidoptera (883 species), UV wing patterns are almost three times more common in … nocturnal than in diurnal Lepidoptera. This might be due to predation, because the primary diurnal predators, birds, utilize UV …, seem to be costly to diurnal Lepidoptera by attracting predators. Copyright 2004. …