作者: MARTHA R WEISS
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摘要: Abstract The importance of innate preferences and learned associations in choice flower colours were investigated for the pipevine swallowtail butterfly, Battus philenor (Papilionidae). Naive butterflies showed colour yellow and, to a lesser extent, blue purple. Apart from their preferences, they able learn within 10 visits associate floral with presence nectar rewards or magenta Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) flowers. Continued experience resulted greater discrimination favour rewarding colour. Most individuals readily shifted foraging behaviour when was changed. A capacity rapid flexible associative learning presumably allows adjust efforts response that vary over space time. 1997 Association Study Animal Behaviour