Egg distribution and survivorship in the pierid butterfly, Colias alexandra

Abstract

Patterns of egg distribution and survivorship were examined for six generations of a univoltine population of the pierid butterfly Colias alexandra, finding that among clumped individuals, survivorship is two times greater for the first or previously-laid individual than the second or subsequently- laid individual, suggesting that if there is a genetic basis for the common contagious pattern, selection is acting against it.

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1979Oecologia (Berlin)DOI: 10.1007/BF00345999